linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 3/5] vDPA: introduce vDPA bus

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Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:06:13 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, mst@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 3/5] vDPA: introduce vDPA bus

On 2/19/20 7:56 PM, Jason Wang wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/vdpa/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/vdpa/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7a99170e6c30
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/vdpa/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +config VDPA
> +	tristate
> +        default m

Don't add drivers that are enabled by default, unless they are required
for a system to boot.

And anything that wants VDPA should just select it, so this is not needed.

> +        help
> +          Enable this module to support vDPA device that uses a
> +          datapath which complies with virtio specifications with
> +          vendor specific control path.
> +

thanks.
-- 
~Randy