On 8/17/20 1:29 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 12:55 PM Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> TIPC=m and IPV6=m builds just fine.
>>
>> Having tipc autoload ipv6 is a different problem. (IMO)
>>
>>
>> This Kconfig entry:
>> menuconfig TIPC
>> tristate "The TIPC Protocol"
>> depends on INET
>> + depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
>>
>> says:
>> If IPV6=n, TIPC can be y/m/n.
>> If IPV6=y/m, TIPC is limited to whatever IPV6 is set to.
>
> Hmm, nowadays we _do_ have IPV6=y on popular distros.
> So this means TIPC would have to be builtin after this patch??
No, it does not mean that. We can still have IPV6=y and TIPC=m.
Hm, maybe I should have said this instead:
If IPV6=y/m, TIPC is limited _by_ whatever IPV6 is set to.
(instead of _to_ )
Does that help any?
The "limited" in Kconfig rules is a "less than or equal to"
limit, where 'm' < 'y'.
> Still sounds harsh, right?
>
> At least on my OpenSUSE I have CONFIG_IPV6=y and
> CONFIG_TIPC=m.
>
>> TIPC cannot be =y unless IPV6=y.
>
> Interesting, I never correctly understand that "depends on"
> behavior.
>
> But even if it builds, how could TIPC module find and load
> IPV6 module? Does IPV6 module automatically become its
> dependency now I think?
Sorry, I don't know about this.
--
~Randy
