Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:25:42 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Andreas Haumer <andreas@xss.co.at>,
       Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.4 patch] disallow modular CONFIG_COMX
Message-ID: <20040113002541.GX9677@fs.tum.de>
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:24:49PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >
> >CONFIG_COMX=m always gave an unresolved symbol in kernel 2.4, and it
> >seems noone is interested in properly fixing it.
> >
> >The patch below disallows a modular CONFIG_COMX.
> 
> I agree with the intent...
> 
> At this point, I am tempted to simply comment it out of the Config.in, 
> and let interested parties backport bug fixes and crap from 2.6 if they 
> would like.  The driver has had obvious bugs for a while...

In 2.6 the driver is marked BROKEN...

I only checked the compilation, if the driver compiled statically works 
I don't think it's a good idea to completely disable it.

> 	Jeff

cu
Adrian

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