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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
	"Toralf Förster" <toralf.foerster@gmx.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set_settings':
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:44:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071101234443.GD7227@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711011632.18333.david-b@pacbell.net>

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 04:32:18PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > The MII functions aren't available unless NET_ETHERNET=y.

The setting of CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET doesn't matter for this bug.

> > Howver, the MII functions aren't always needed...
> > 
> > David, any ideas on this one?
> 
> It's been several years since I looked at this.  It
> used to behave just fine.
> 
> Something must have changed in the not-too-distant
> past to have broken this mechanism...
>...

It seems to be an old bug.

The following combination of options is simply an unusual one:

CONFIG_MII=m
CONFIG_USB_USBNET=y
CONFIG_USB_USBNET_MII=n

> - Dave

cu
Adrian

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-01 23:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200711012024.57412.toralf.foerster@gmx.de>
2007-11-01 21:11 ` build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set_settings': Randy Dunlap
2007-11-01 23:32   ` David Brownell
2007-11-01 23:44     ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-11-02 18:45       ` David Brownell
2007-11-02 18:57         ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-02 19:30           ` David Brownell
2007-11-02 19:55             ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-07 22:34               ` David Brownell
2007-11-07 22:52                 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-08  2:53                   ` David Brownell
2007-11-08  3:23                     ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-08  3:30                   ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-08 16:08                     ` Randy Dunlap
2007-11-20  5:26                     ` David Miller
2007-11-25 16:30                       ` [2.6 patch] ipv4/arp.c:arp_process(): remove bogus #ifdef mess Adrian Bunk
2007-11-26 15:19                         ` Herbert Xu
2007-11-26 20:25                           ` Adrian Bunk
2007-11-02 20:05         ` build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set_settings': Adrian Bunk
2007-11-07  8:20     ` David Miller
2007-11-07 22:15       ` David Brownell
2007-11-01 22:25 ` [2.6 patch] let USB_USBNET always select MII Adrian Bunk
2007-11-01 23:52   ` David Brownell
2007-11-02 15:46     ` [2.6 patch] usbnet.c: check for the right MII variable Adrian Bunk
2007-11-07 22:31       ` David Brownell
2007-11-07  8:10   ` [2.6 patch] let USB_USBNET always select MII David Miller

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