linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Build STMMAC Ethernet driver into the kernel for NFS boot

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Message-ID: <bdd989b4-a572-44c2-ae7b-2c445c09fd7a@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 13:54:14 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
 Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@....qualcomm.com>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
 Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@...esas.com>,
 Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Build STMMAC Ethernet driver into the
 kernel for NFS boot

On 23/05/2025 13:39, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 12:47, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com> wrote:
>> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
>>
>> Enable `CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH` as built-in (`y`) instead of a module (`m`) to
>> ensure the Ethernet driver is available early in the boot process. This
>> is necessary for platforms mounting the root filesystem via NFS, as the
>> driver must be available before the root filesystem is accessed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
>> ---
>> With this change, the Renesas RZ/V2H EVK board can boot from NFS
>> which has the DWMAC IP.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v6.17.

With my Nacked, please.

Best regards,
Krzysztof