[PATCH 2/4][RFC] lro: Kconfig and Makefile
Kok, Auke
auke-jan.h.kok at intel.com
Tue Jul 31 03:00:30 EST 2007
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> Why make this a user selectable option at all? Unless you want
>> to deal with out of tree drivers (not my problem), it should be hidden
>> to avoid having to explain an support it.
>
> In this case it's an optional library kernel module. That seems to be a
> common setup for library modules. We do the same with CONFIG_MII and
> drivers/net/mii.ko as well.
>
> Originally it was done purely in the Makefile, but that does not account
> for net drivers in sub-directories (or out of tree as you point out).
speaking of that, shouldn't there be a NETIF_F_LRO ?
Auke
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