Re: build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set_settings':

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:30:10 +0100 Adrian Bunk wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 11:52:32PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:34:52PM -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> > > > > But on the other hand, it seems that only the ASIX code will work
> > > > > right; the DM9601 and MCS7830 Kconfig is different/wrong.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not seeing the problem.
> > > > 
> > > > Which configuration will be handled wrongly?
> > > 
> > > Notice how only the ASIX kconfig depended on NET_ETHERNET...
> > > since MII depends on NET_ETHERNET, and (last I knew) the
> > > reverse dependencies didn't capture the complete dependency
> > > tree, selecting only MII would leave out some stuff.
> > 
> > Except for one s390 net driver (I'll check why it's doing this) the 
> > NET_ETHERNET option does not influence what code is being generated - 
> > it's just a Kconfig-internal option allowing to disable a huge bunch
> > of drivers at once.
> 
> Damn, I shouldn't have only grep'ed under drivers/.
> 
> @davem:
> 
> Please look at net/ipv4/arp.c:arp_process()
> 
> Am I right that CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=n and CONFIG_NETDEV_1000=y or 
> CONFIG_NETDEV_10000=y will not be handled correctly there?

I'd say yes, you are correct.

> And the best solution is to nuke all #ifdef's in this function and make 
> the code unconditionally available?



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~Randy
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