Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263107AbTI3FPg (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:15:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263109AbTI3FPg (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:15:36 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:29444 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263107AbTI3FPd (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:15:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:11:29 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: bunk@fs.tum.de, netdev@oss.sgi.com, pekkas@netcore.fi, lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] disallow modular IPv6 Message-Id: <20030929221129.7689e088.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20030929003229.GM1039@conectiva.com.br> References: <20030928225941.GW15338@fs.tum.de> <20030928231842.GE1039@conectiva.com.br> <20030928232403.GX15338@fs.tum.de> <20030928233909.GG1039@conectiva.com.br> <20030929001439.GY15338@fs.tum.de> <20030929003229.GM1039@conectiva.com.br> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.6; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:32:30 -0300 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:14:39AM +0200, Adrian Bunk escreveu: > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:39:10PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > What about the following solution (the names and help texts for the > > config options might not be optimal, I hope you understand the > > intention): > > > > config IPV6_SUPPORT > > bool "IPv6 support" > > > > config IPV6_ENABLE > > tristate "enable IPv6" > > depends on IPV6_SUPPORT > > > > IPV6_SUPPORT changes structs etc. and IPV6_ENABLE is responsible for > > ipv6.o . > > Humm, and the idea is? This seems confusing, could you elaborate on why such > scheme is a good thing? I think the idea is totally broken. At first, Adrian comments that changing the layout of structs based upon a config option is broken, then he proposes a config option that does nothing except change the layout of structures. The current situation is perfectly fine. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/