linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phy: PHY_FSL_LYNX_28G should depend on ARCH

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Date:   Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:45:53 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Richard Zhu <hongxing.zhu@....com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: PHY_FSL_LYNX_28G should depend on ARCH_LAYERSCAPE

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 5:56 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> Freescale Layerscape Lynx 28G SerDes PHYs are only present on
> Freescale/NXP Layerscape SoCs.
>
> Move PHY_FSL_LYNX_28G outside the block for ARCH_MXC, as the latter
> is meant for i.MX8 SoCs, which is a different family than Layerscape.
> Add a dependency on ARCH_LAYERSCAPE, to prevent asking the user about
> this driver when configuring a kernel without Layerscape SoC support.

I took this directly, since one of the bugs it fixed was mine.

Mea culpa,
             Linus