netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: AX88796: Tighten up Kconfig dependencies

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:17:54 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...sta.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: AX88796: Tighten up Kconfig dependencies

Hello.

On 25-06-2011 22:00, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> In def47c5095d53814512bb0c62ec02dfdec769db1 the AX88796 driver got

    Please also specify the summary of that commit.

> restricted to just be build for ARM and MIPS on the sole merrit that it

    Merit?

> was written for some ARM sytems and the driver had the missfortune to

    Misfortune?

> just build on MIPS, so MIPS was throw into the dependency for a good
> measure.  Later 8687991a734a67f1638782c968f46fff0f94bb1f added SH but

    Summary here too, please.

> only one in-tree SH system actually has an AX88796.

> Tighten up dependencies by using an auxilliary config sysmbol
> HAS_NET_AX88796 which is selected only by the platforms that actually
> have or may have an AX88796.  This also means the driver won't be built
> anymore for any MIPS platform.

> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle<ralf@...ux-mips.org>

WBR, Sergei
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