In article <71714C04806CD5119352009027289217022C3F15@ausxmrr502.us.dell.com> you wrote:
> More crc32 cleanups. I think this is pretty close to being finished, and
> would appreciate people taking a look at the drivers they use regularly.
> I've built all the drivers I can on x86, and have hand-verified the rest.
>
> Changes since last time:
> * remove all the request_module() calls I added last time. If a driver
> needs crc32.o and it's a module, modprobe pulls it in automatically.
> * Create {fs,drivers/net,drivers/usb}/Makefile.lib. In each, list modules
> as obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += crc32.o. In lib/Makefile, include each
> Makefile.lib. This allows drivers to update the list local to themselves
> and not have to patch lib/Makefile. This should satisfy Keith Owens'
> concern in this regard.
> * Added a whole new set of drivers, those based on 8390.o, to the list.
Do you really need that complicated conditional compilation?
IMHO it's a much better idea to always compile the crc routines in,
maybe a way to disable it explicitly could be added, though I'm
not sure about that one.
Christoph
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