From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] make MII no longer user visible
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 14:12:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050515121222.GR16549@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4284DD16.8090405@pobox.com>
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 01:00:06PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >MII is a classical example of a helper option no user should ever see.
>
> Incorrect.
>
> It's the classic example of an option that distributors may want to
> build as a module, even if no shipped modules need it, to enable net
> driver development and use in their kernel.
Every distibutor will have more than one net driver select'ing MII
enabled.
And if you are doing net driver development, you can always enable it in
your kernel.
> Jeff
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.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-13 3:52 [RFC: 2.6 patch] make MII no longer user visible Adrian Bunk
2005-05-13 17:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-05-15 12:12 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
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