Subject: [PATCH net-next] ppp: add PPPOX symbol

From: Qingfang Deng <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:28:26 +0800

Add a dedicated CONFIG_PPPOX symbol to handle the PPPoX generic module,
avoiding redundant pppox.o definitions in the Makefile.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig  | 6 ++++++
 drivers/net/ppp/Makefile | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
index 753354b4e36c..c592648ebd41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ config PPPOATM
 	  which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
 	  changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
 
+config PPPOX
+	tristate
+
 config PPPOE
 	tristate "PPP over Ethernet"
+	select PPPOX
 	help
 	  Support for PPP over Ethernet.
 
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ config PPPOE_HASH_BITS
 config PPTP
 	tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP)"
 	depends on NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
+	select PPPOX
 	help
 	  Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
 
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ config PPTP
 config PPPOL2TP
 	tristate "PPP over L2TP"
 	depends on L2TP
+	select PPPOX
 	help
 	  Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
 	  used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/Makefile b/drivers/net/ppp/Makefile
index 16c457d6b324..a815e1497179 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP) += bsd_comp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE) += ppp_deflate.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPP_MPPE) += ppp_mppe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY) += ppp_synctty.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPPOE) += pppox.o pppoe.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPPOL2TP) += pppox.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPTP) += pppox.o pptp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPPOX) += pppox.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPPOE) += pppoe.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPTP) += pptp.o
-- 
2.43.0