Re: [PATCH] net #3

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@pg.gda.pl)
Wed, 30 May 2001 12:53:36 +0200 (MET DST)


"Paul Gortmaker wrote:"
> Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> >
> > The following patch fixes some ISA PnP #ifdefs (enable modular,
> > disable when non-available) for 3c509 and smc-ultra.
>
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
>
> Hrrm. AFAICT the token CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE will never be defined. :-)

If IS defined by config subsystem when
"$CONFIG_ISAPNP" = "m"

Just mark config option and test it.

$ grep ISAPNP include/linux/autoconf.h
#undef CONFIG_ISAPNP
#define CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE 1
#undef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP

;)

> Regardless, we can just toss the #ifdefs altogether. They aren't strictly
> required as appropriate stubs exist in linux/isapnp.h and that is what
> they are there for. (I'd recommend this for 2.5, not 2.4 though.)
>
> Granted, the CONFIG_ISAPNP buys you a slight reduction in driver
> size (even over the stubs) which somewhat seemed worthwhile in the
> past. But most of it is __init anyway, and for 2.5 I'd argue that the
> readability and lack of ifdefs outweighs the slight size change.

When __init for modules will be implemented ?

Andrzej

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