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SubjectRe: RFC: [2.6 patch] disallow modular IPv6
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:32:30 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> wrote:

> Em Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:14:39AM +0200, Adrian Bunk escreveu:
> > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:39:10PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > What about the following solution (the names and help texts for the
> > config options might not be optimal, I hope you understand the
> > intention):
> >
> > config IPV6_SUPPORT
> > bool "IPv6 support"
> >
> > config IPV6_ENABLE
> > tristate "enable IPv6"
> > depends on IPV6_SUPPORT
> >
> > IPV6_SUPPORT changes structs etc. and IPV6_ENABLE is responsible for
> > ipv6.o .
>
> Humm, and the idea is? This seems confusing, could you elaborate on why such
> scheme is a good thing?

I think the idea is totally broken. At first, Adrian comments that
changing the layout of structs based upon a config option is broken,
then he proposes a config option that does nothing except change the
layout of structures.

The current situation is perfectly fine.
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