netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] net: hisilicon: add hix5hd2 mac driver

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Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:19:18 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, arnd@...db.de, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, mark.rutland@....com,
	David.Laight@...LAB.COM, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	haifeng.yan@...aro.org, jchxue@...il.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] net: hisilicon: add hix5hd2 mac driver

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 01:49:37PM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..e942173
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> +#
> +# HISILICON device configuration
> +#
> +
> +config NET_VENDOR_HISILICON
> +	bool "Hisilicon devices"
> +	default y

Can this default please be dropped? It's annoying because it will cause
this driver to be built for *every* ARM kernel by default, whether or
not that hardware is available on a given board.

Thierry

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