Return-path: Received: from mail.redfish-solutions.com ([66.232.79.143]:37600 "EHLO mail.redfish-solutions.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751700AbZLUEWV (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:22:21 -0500 Message-ID: <4B2EF7FB.1080901@redfish-solutions.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:22:19 -0800 From: "Philip A. Prindeville" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Dunlap CC: wireless Subject: Re: Can't turn off SSB (CONFIG_SSB)? References: <4B2ECC72.40703@redfish-solutions.com> <20091220175033.36980f35.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20091220175033.36980f35.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/20/2009 05:50 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:16:34 -0800 Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > >> I'm building images for an EMBEDDED platform, and forcing CONFIG_SSB_POSSIBLE=n, but I'm still seeing: > > What $ARCH ? i586. > >> * >> * Sonics Silicon Backplane >> * >> Sonics Silicon Backplane support (SSB) [M/y/?] (NEW) n >> >> Support for the Sonics Silicon Backplane bus. >> You only need to enable this option, if you are >> configuring a kernel for an embedded system with >> this bus. >> It will be auto-selected if needed in other >> environments. >> >> The module will be called ssb. >> >> If unsure, say N. >> >> Sonics Silicon Backplane support (SSB) [M/y/?] (NEW) n >> >> Support for the Sonics Silicon Backplane bus. >> You only need to enable this option, if you are >> configuring a kernel for an embedded system with >> this bus. >> It will be auto-selected if needed in other >> environments. >> >> The module will be called ssb. >> >> If unsure, say N. >> >> Sonics Silicon Backplane support (SSB) [M/y/?] (NEW) >> >> >> >> And why does arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig nail up CONFIG_SSB_POSSIBLE? > > That just means that SSB support is possible: > > config SSB_POSSIBLE > bool > depends on HAS_IOMEM && HAS_DMA > default y > > Shouldn't be a problem. > >> This is with 2.6.27.38. >> >> And what are the steps to figuring out the dependency that keeps forcing it on? Something must be doing a "select SSB" but I'm not sure what. > > Are you using b43 or b44 network drivers? Neither. I can attach the .config we're using, if you want... -Philip > --- > ~Randy