Search Linux Wireless

Re: [wpan-next 2/4] net: mac802154: Include the softMAC stack inside the IEEE 802.15.4 menu

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi,

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:43 PM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: David Girault <david.girault@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The softMAC stack has no meaning outside of the IEEE 802.15.4 stack and
> cannot be used without it.
>

that's why there is a "depends on" in there.

> Signed-off-by: David Girault <david.girault@xxxxxxxxx>
> [miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx: Isolate this change from a bigger commit]
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/Kconfig            | 1 -
>  net/ieee802154/Kconfig | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
> index 0da89d09ffa6..a5e31078fd14 100644
> --- a/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/Kconfig
> @@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ source "net/x25/Kconfig"
>  source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
>  source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
>  source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
> -source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
>  source "net/sched/Kconfig"
>  source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
>  source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> index 31aed75fe62d..7e4b1d49d445 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config IEEE802154_SOCKET
>           for 802.15.4 dataframes. Also RAW socket interface to build MAC
>           header from userspace.
>
> +source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
>  source "net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig"

The next person in a year will probably argue "but wireless do source
of wireless/mac80211 in net/Kconfig... so this is wrong".
To avoid this issue maybe we should take out the menuentry here and do
whatever wireless is doing without questioning it?

- Alex



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Host AP]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Wireless Personal Area Network]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Wireless Regulations]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Kernel]     [IDE]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]

  Powered by Linux