Jeff Garzik wrote:

Stephen Hemminger wrote:

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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