Re: [PATCH net] mptcp: depends on IPV6 but not as a module

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Oct 21 2020 - 11:08:41 EST


On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:51:53 +0200 Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> Like TCP, MPTCP cannot be compiled as a module. Obviously, MPTCP IPv6'
> support also depends on CONFIG_IPV6. But not all functions from IPv6
> code are exported.
>
> To simplify the code and reduce modifications outside MPTCP, it was
> decided from the beginning to support MPTCP with IPv6 only if
> CONFIG_IPV6 was built inlined. That's also why CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6 was
> created. More modifications are needed to support CONFIG_IPV6=m.

Applied, thanks!