From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] make MII no longer user visible Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 14:12:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20050515121222.GR16549@stusta.de> References: <20050513035257.GC3603@stusta.de> <4284DD16.8090405@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Jeff Garzik Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4284DD16.8090405@pobox.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed