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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