kernel: KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV default to y if !SMALL_FLASH
authorPaul Donald <newtwen+github@gmail.com>
Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:49:00 +0000 (21:49 +0100)
committerRobert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Sat, 2 Nov 2024 10:23:37 +0000 (11:23 +0100)
Follow-up for 45d541bb409355f090b971d96ebebd8610ef84a7

This change allows features such as kmod-vrf

```
KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV=n

x86_64 generic
bzImage 6,927,360 bytes
aarch64 coretex-a53
kernel  4,268,836 bytes

KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV=y

x86_64 generic
bzImage 6,931,456 bytes
aarch64 coretex-a53
kernel  4,273,042 bytes

Delta:
x86_64 generic
+4096 bytes
aarch64 coretex-a53
+4206 bytes

x86_64 generic vrf.ko - 258,792 bytes
aarch64 coretex-a53 vrf.ko - 263,632 bytes
```

See:
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/vrf-support-testing-out-evpn-at-home/181108
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/please-enable-net-l3-master-dev-in-kernel-build-by-default/201825

Signed-off-by: Paul Donald <newtwen+github@gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16819
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
config/Config-kernel.in

index 43ed9eaf36b861d97ee874c5a69040e463a26b41..0fa039db404b78a2408fd07fc72e186eb7dcf777 100644 (file)
@@ -1187,9 +1187,11 @@ endif
 
 config KERNEL_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
        bool "L3 Master device support"
+       default y if !SMALL_FLASH
        help
          This module provides glue between core networking code and device
          drivers to support L3 master devices like VRF.
+         Increases the compressed kernel size by ~4kB (as of Linux 6.6).
 
 config KERNEL_XDP_SOCKETS
        bool "XDP sockets support"