From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] make MII no longer user visible Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:00:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4284DD16.8090405@pobox.com> References: <20050513035257.GC3603@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Adrian Bunk In-Reply-To: <20050513035257.GC3603@stusta.de> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. Jeff