Re: [PATCH 2/4][RFC] lro: Kconfig and Makefile

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:24:45 +0200
Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> Kconfig and Makefile for LRO
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@de.ibm.com>
> 
> ---
>  net/ipv4/Kconfig  |    8 ++++++++
>  net/ipv4/Makefile |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> index fb79097..d894f61 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> @@ -394,6 +394,14 @@ config INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET
>  
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>  
> +config INET_LRO
> +	tristate "Large Receive Offload (ipv4/tcp)"
> +
> +	---help---
> +	  Support for Large Receive Offload (ipv4/tcp).
> +
> +	  If unsure, say Y.
> +

Why make this a user selectable option at all? Unless you want
to deal with out of tree drivers (not my problem), it should be hidden
to avoid having to explain an support it.