Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.27.6

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Nov 14 2008 - 12:44:51 EST


On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 04:14:47PM +1100, CaT wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:53:50AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > Francois Romieu (3):
> > r8169: get ethtool settings through the generic mii helper
>
> This appears to make the gigeth driver dependant on the mii sutff in the
> 100mbit driver submenu. Should it and if so doesn't this mean that the
> mii option best be moved out of the 100mbit menu (as this would make
> things a bit more logical - I don't expect to use stuff out of the
> 100mbit menu if I've only got gigeth cards)?

I'll backport the 'select this config option' patch that is needed to
ensure the build doesn't break here for the next .27.y stable release.

thanks,

greg k-h
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