linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: add weak dependency with micrel phy module

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Message-ID: <c8450f9c-a7f8-4775-8d26-7a070aa68e4d@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:56:52 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
Cc: dsimic@...jaro.org, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, kuba@...nel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, lucas.demarchi@...el.com,
	masahiroy@...nel.org, mcgrof@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, woojung.huh@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: add weak dependency with micrel phy
 module

> Including in the initramfs all the phy modules is an option but I think it
> would be better to include only the necessary stuff (this is the default
> behavior for the tools that are used to build the initramfs). This is valid
> for embedded and not-embedded systems.

So are you saying current initramfs are broken, because they don't
include the needed PHY modules? You can fix one example of the lan78xx
USB dongle, but are going to leave everything else broken?

	Andrew