netdev - Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH 1/2] netdev: smsc911x: allow building on Blackfin systems

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:50:32 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Steve.Glendinning@...c.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ian.Saturley@...c.com, uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
Subject: Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH 1/2] netdev: smsc911x: allow building 
	on Blackfin systems

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 17:37, David Miller wrote:
> From: Steve.Glendinning@...c.com
>> You're right, there's nothing "special" about ARM | SUPERH other than they
>> cover all the in-tree platforms using smsc911x.  The aim was to hide this
>> option from menuconfig on x86 etc, where this device is extremely unlikely
>> to be found.  Maybe there's a better way of doing this?
>
> I sincerely doubt keeping this out of x86's menuconfig so important,
> really.

and desktop systems' menuconfig is so big that i dont think one more
driver will make a difference

> So many devices are available for powerpc and sparc64 that will never
> appear there, however those drivers now get build validated on those
> platforms and it's therefore a net-win.

i run randconfigs nightly ... it's neat the kind of unlikely build bugs you find
-mike
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