linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 46/47] net: ethernet: freescale: make UCC

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Message-ID: <52639dfc-d558-8a92-5e2e-8ec18f39b383@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:31:42 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 46/47] net: ethernet: freescale: make UCC_GETH
 explicitly depend on PPC32

On 11/14/19 11:44 PM, Li Yang wrote:
>> Can you add an explanation why we don't want ucc_geth on non-PowerPC platforms?
> I think it is because the QE Ethernet was never integrated in any
> non-PowerPC SoC and most likely will not be in the future.  We
> probably can make it compile for other architectures for general code
> quality but it is not a priority.

This explanation belongs in the commit message.