linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5] NET: Add ezchip ethernet driver

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:05:32 +0000
From:	Noam Camus <noamc@...hip.com>
To:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com" <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
	"vgupta@...opsys.com" <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@...hip.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	Tal Zilcer <talz@...hip.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5] NET: Add ezchip ethernet driver

From: Mahesh Bandewar [mailto:maheshb@...gle.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 8:45 PM

> > a/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/Kconfig 
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/Kconfig
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..d031177
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ezchip/Kconfig
> > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> > +#
> > +# EZchip network device configuration #
> > +
> > +config NET_VENDOR_EZCHIP
> > +       bool "EZchip devices"
> > +       default y
> >
> Why this has to be included in the default build? Shouldn't it be either "m" or "N" by default?

From what I see this is the common practice for all Ethernet devices.

Noam