From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix build error caused by broken PCH_PTP module dependency. Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:17:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20121016.161721.460693104731176775.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1349300710.2763.8.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> <20121003.204336.1981040659629176119.davem@davemloft.net> <1350418167.2649.47.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: richardcochran@gmail.com, haicheng.li@linux.intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, tshimizu818@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, haicheng.lee@gmail.com To: bhutchings@solarflare.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1350418167.2649.47.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Ben Hutchings Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:09:27 +0100 > I think the various kconfig options should be changed as follows: > > 1. Only PTP_1588_CLOCK selects PPS. > 2. Nothing depends on EXPERIMENTAL. (This stuff has been in for 18 > months and it's even being backported to RHEL 6 now.) > 3. Either: > (a) The per-driver PHC options select nothing, and the driver options > do e.g.: > select PTP_1588_CLOCK if IGB_PTP > (b) The per-driver PHC options are removed and the driver options do: > select PTP_1588_CLOCK > (i.e. PHC support is unconditional) > > Any objections to this, or preference for (a) vs (b)? No objections, prefer (b).