From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265668AbUHNUv4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:51:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265776AbUHNUv4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:51:56 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:14335 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265668AbUHNUvx (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:51:53 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:51:44 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Herbert Xu Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] CONFIG_MII requires only CONFIG_NET Message-ID: <20040814205144.GE1387@fs.tum.de> References: <20040813102202.GT13377@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 09:51:36PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > But trying it out CONFIG_MII=y seems to at least compile with > > CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=n. > > > > @Jeff: > > It seems, CONFIG_MII doesn't actually require CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET? > > Could you comment on the following patch? > > Are there non-Ethernet drivers that use MII? If not what's the point? The discussion some time ago started around the question whether USB_PEGASUS would have to depend on NET_ETHERNET since it selects MII. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed