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Bug#934848: linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64: The Cavium PTP device driver is always loaded



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On Thu, 2019-08-15 at 12:45 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.19.37-5+deb10u2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> The Cavium PTP coprocess as PTP clock driver is rarely if ever
> present on x86 systems, yet the Debian kernel config has it enabled.
> Noticed this as driver in /sys/bus/pci/drivers on a standard x86
> server.
> 
> The fix is simple, since this is a PCI device and can be built as
> a module, just change the kernel config to build as module.
> CONFIG_CAVIUM_PTP=m
[...]

Done, thanks.

This symbol used to have "default y" (which has been fixed), and I
probably copied the default thinking that it was an option for PTP
support in a network driver, not a stand-alone driver.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.


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