Re: [PATCH v2] VNIC: Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2014-11-11 18:39:27
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From: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 21:14:05 -0800
+config NET_VENDOR_CAVIUM
...
+config THUNDER_NIC_PF
...
+config THUNDER_NIC_VF
...
+config THUNDER_NIC_BGX
These config options seem excessive, if not confusing. What would a distribution be expected to enable? Everything?
+# Don't change the order, NICPF driver is dependent on BGX driver init +obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDER_NIC_BGX) += thunder_bgx.o +obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDER_NIC_PF) += nicpf.o +obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDER_NIC_VF) += nicvf.o
Nothing ensures ordering if these things are built all modular. Such ordering dependencies need to be resolved in another way.