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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does
To: davem@redhat.com (David S. Miller)
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>    tristate_orif "blah" CONFIG_FOO $CONFIG_SMALL
>    
> This doesn't solve the CRC32 case.  What if you want
> CONFIG_SMALL, yet some net driver that needs the crc32
> routines?

The crc32 dependancy deduction is a seperate problem to asking excessive
questions. That is down to the makefiles. If its hard to express then
presumably Rules.make isnt yet perfect.

Does kbuild make it all simpler ?
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