Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ethernet/intel: fix PTP_1588_CLOCK dependencies

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