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Compile-time versus run-time

To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Compile-time versus run-time
From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:01:18 +1000
Cc: "netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER

        This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
        are using low quality on long cabling. It tries to match the
        transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is experimental
        since hardly documented by the manufacturer.  If unsure, say N.

Jeff,

don't you think this sort of thing should be a module option, and
not a compile-time option?

It's OK for you and me - we compile kernels occasionally.  But
for most people, unless the distributor turns this on, they simply
won't be able to access it.

No?

(And wouldn't it be nice to be able to get the same functionality
which module options give us when using a statically linked driver?)

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