linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ethernet: renesas: drop SoC names in Kconfig

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Message-ID: <b0b4054adcb5250ad49e19d8f90c89de802f0125.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:53:26 +0200
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ethernet: renesas: drop SoC names in
 Kconfig

On Sun, 2023-10-22 at 22:53 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Mentioning SoCs in Kconfig descriptions tends to get stale (e.g. RAVB is
> missing RZV2M) or imprecise (e.g. SH_ETH is not available on all
> R8A779x). Drop them instead of providing vague information. Improve the
> file description a tad while here.

It's not a big deal, but assuming that keeping the SoC list up2date
requires too much effort, I would still keep it, with some additional
wording specifying it's partial and potentially inaccurate.

Such list could be an useful starting point for an integrator looking
for the correct driver for his/her SoC.

Cheers,

Paolo