linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: isolate Global2 support

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Date:   Tue, 06 Sep 2016 12:58:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: isolate Global2
 support

From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Date: Fri,  2 Sep 2016 14:45:31 -0400

> Registers of Marvell chips are organized in internal SMI devices.
> 
> One of them at address 0x1C is called Global2. It provides an extended
> set of registers, used for interrupt control, EEPROM access, indirect
> PHY access (to bypass the PHY Polling Unit) and cross-chip setup.
> 
> Most chips have it, but some others don't (older ones such as 6060).
> 
> Now that its related code is isolated in mv88e6xxx_g2_* functions, move
> it to its own global2.c file, making most of its setup code static.
> 
> Then make its compilation optional, which allows to reduce the size of
> the mv88e6xxx driver for devices such as home routers embedding Ethernet
> chips without Global2 support.
> 
> It is present on most recent chips, thus enable its support by default.
> 
> Changes in v2: fail probe if GLOBAL2 is required but not enabled.

Series applied, thanks.