| To: | Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] make MII no longer user visible |
| From: | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 13 May 2005 13:00:06 -0400 |
| Cc: | netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: MII is a classical example of a helper option no user should ever see. Incorrect.It's the classic example of an option that distributors may want to build as a module, even if no shipped modules need it, to enable net driver development and use in their kernel.
Jeff
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