From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: netdev: expose net_device_ops compat as config option
X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~15237^2~63
X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d44c3a2e0e5d2c75d22284462c66d166604b1f18;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git

netdev: expose net_device_ops compat as config option

Now that most network device drivers in (all but one in x86_64 allmodconfig)
support net_device_ops. Expose it as a configuration parameter. Still
need to address even older 32 bit drivers, and other arch before
compatiablity can be scheduled for removal in some future release.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 6b1af549b2ff..533cc411ee48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ menuconfig NETDEVICES
 # that for each of the symbols.
 if NETDEVICES
 
+config COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS
+       default y
+       bool "Enable older network device API compatiablity"
+       ---help---
+          This option enables kernel compatiability with older network devices
+          that do not use net_device_ops interface.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config IFB
 	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
 	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index c9fdcd7e71ea..93998a9c39c2 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ if NET
 
 menu "Networking options"
 
-config COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS
-       def_bool y
-
 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"