linux-kernel - RE: Dead Config Option STMMAC

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Message-ID: <107012446AC13D4C90B85672EAF5FB0E9E0FB3CCC0@SAFEX1MAIL3.st.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:44:55 +0200
From:	Peppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
To:	Christian Dietrich <qy03fugy@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"vamos-dev@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de" 
	<vamos-dev@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: RE: Dead Config Option STMMAC_ETH?

Hi Christian,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Dietrich [mailto:qy03fugy@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:42 AM
> To: Peppe CAVALLARO
> Cc: Christian Dietrich; David S. Miller; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; vamos-dev@...informatik.uni-erlangen.de
> Subject: Re: Dead Config Option STMMAC_ETH?
> 
> Peppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > There is effort on this driver: currently the driver fully works on
> > STM platforms and starts working on ARM (SPEAr Kernels).  The driver
> > Kconfig actually depends on the CPU_SUBTYPE_ST40 but it built on x86
> > if remove this dependency (just verified).  In the past, I added this
> > dependency because the driver was initially tested on ST kernels
> > (where we continue to have the CPU_SUBTYPE_ST40) but I can review it
> > if you like.
> 
> Hm, i think it would be good if this dependency is removed, if it isn't
> needed, because then a allyes config would compile test this peace of
> code, and it can't die silently with changes around it.

No problem. I'll remove it and review the Kconfig asap.

Peppe

> 
> greetz didi
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