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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel@savoirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: make global2 code optional
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 18:11:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160902161148.GK16864@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k2eugwcs.fsf@ketchup.mtl.sfl>

Hi Vivien

> What do you think?

I think the probe() needs to fail with a very obvious error message
saying you need to recompile your kernel with option XYZ enabled in
order to support this switch, when the optional stuff is not
optional...

	Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-02 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-02 12:08 [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: isolate Global2 support Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 12:08 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fix module naming Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 12:08 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: move Global2 code Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 12:08 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: make global2 code optional Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 14:55   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-09-02 15:22     ` Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 16:11       ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2016-09-02 17:13         ` Vivien Didelot
2016-09-02 17:19           ` Andrew Lunn
2016-09-02 17:32             ` Vivien Didelot

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