On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:48:50PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I am using "make xconfig" (the kernel qt configurator). > > How is it that I cannot disable: > Network device support > -> Ethernet driver support > -> Broadcom devices > -> Broadcom QLogic NetXtremeII driver? > > I can only select it as a module, or permanently built into the kernel. It says: > Selected by: CNIC [=m] && NETDEVICES [=y] && ETHERNET [=y] && > NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM [=y] && PCI [=y] As I understand it, the module you want to disable is being selected (for build) because of the boolean logic shown here. If you have CNIC *and* NETDEVICES *and* ETHERNET *and* ... (and so on), then you must also have the Broadcom QLogic NetXtreme II driver. Now, a quick check on the first of those (I searched the internet for 'linux kernel CNIC', no quotes and took the first link) shows me [1] that the CNIC driver "supports offload features of Broadcom NetXtreme II gigabit Ethernet cards". So, at the moment, you're trying to build the offloading driver for that card as a module ("CNIC=m") but not the main driver for the card. I doubt that's going to work. I would suggest saying no to CNIC and you should then be able to disable the other driver. [1] http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/CNIC.html > > I would like to disable it. > > Seems strange. > > TIA, > Zenaan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] CAOsGNSRr2yWC4giPvUbukV9uCsgYT8-PsSMxw2A=ZVS4eTG5eA@mail.gmail.com">https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] CAOsGNSRr2yWC4giPvUbukV9uCsgYT8-PsSMxw2A=ZVS4eTG5eA@mail.gmail.com >
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