On Wednesday 25 October 2006 4:59 pm, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:27:09 -0700 David Brownell wrote: > > > The other parts are right, this isn't. > > > > Instead, "usbnet.c" should #ifdef the relevant ethtool hooks > > according to CONFIG_MII ... since it's completely legit to > > use usbnet with peripherals that don't need MII. > > Ugh. OK. How's this? (2 patches)
Looks about right, but ... > However, the MII config symbol should not be in the 10/100 Ethernet > menu, so that other drivers can use (enable) it or so that users > can enable it without needing to enable 10/100 Ethernet. ... MII should still depend on ETHERNET, right? Just not limited to 10/100 Ethernet. > --- linux-2619-rc3-pv.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig > +++ linux-2619-rc3-pv/drivers/net/Kconfig > @@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ config NET_SB1000 > > source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" > > +config MII > + tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" > + help > + Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external > + or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your > + ethernet card lacks MII. > + > source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" > > # > @@ -180,14 +187,6 @@ config NET_ETHERNET > kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all > the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. > > -config MII > - tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" > - depends on NET_ETHERNET > - help > - Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external > - or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your > - ethernet card lack MII. > - > source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" > > config MACE > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
