Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:35:03 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [BUILD_FAILURE] 2.6.27-git2 - allyesconfig on powerpc selectsCONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=y |
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:21:45PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: > Brandeburg, Jesse wrote: > > What we want, is myri10ge and ixgbe drivers that can build whether or not CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA is enabled. IF CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA *is* enabled (which it should not be on PPC) then there are several cases we want to work: > > CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=m ---> CONFIG_IXGBE=[m|n] > > CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=y ---> CONFIG_IXGBE=[m|y|n] > > CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=n ---> CONFIG_IXGBE=[m|y|n] > > CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA depends on X86 > > I am not sure I want to prevent myri10ge=y just because ioatdma=m. >...
Technically both solutions are possible, which to choose is just a policy decision you have to agree on.
In practice it will anyway only rarely matter.
But considering that igb is in a similar situation it would be nice if all 3 drivers would handle it the same way.
> Brice
cu Adrian
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