Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 2021 09:49:07 -0700 | From | Richard Cochran <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ethernet/intel: fix PTP_1588_CLOCK dependencies |
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 04:59:33PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This is a recurring problem in many drivers, and we have discussed > it several times befores, without reaching a consensus. I'm providing > a link to the previous email thread for reference, which discusses > some related problems, though I can't find what reasons there were > against the approach with the extra Kconfig dependency.
Quoting myself in the thread from 12 Nov 2020:
This whole "implies" thing turned out to be a colossal PITA.
I regret the fact that it got merged. It wasn't my idea.
This whole thing came about because Nicolas Pitre wanted to make PHC core support into a module and also to be able to remove dynamic posix clock support for tinification. It has proved to be a never ending source of confusion.
Let's restore the core functionality and remove "implies" for good.
Thanks, Richard
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