From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk 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 Message-ID: <20071101234443.GD7227@stusta.de> References: <200711012024.57412.toralf.foerster@gmx.de> <20071101141124.0cbe2897.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <200711011632.18333.david-b@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Randy Dunlap , Toralf =?utf-8?Q?F=C3=B6rster?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev To: David Brownell Return-path: Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:46456 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752876AbXKAXpD (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 19:45:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200711011632.18333.david-b@pacbell.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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 -- "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