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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:18:57 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Gary Zambrano <zambrano@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Merge the Sonics Silicon Backplane subsystem

On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Thursday 02 August 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > > The Sonics Silicon Backplane is a mini-bus used on
> > > > various Broadcom chips and embedded devices.
> > > > Devices using the SSB include b44, bcm43xx and various
> > > > Broadcom based wireless routers.
> > > > A b44 and bcm43xx port and a SSB based OHCI driver is available.
> > > 
> > > > --- a/drivers/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ source "drivers/power/Kconfig"
> > > >  
> > > >  source "drivers/hwmon/Kconfig"
> > > >  
> > > > +source "drivers/ssb/Kconfig"
> > > > +
> > > >  source "drivers/mfd/Kconfig"
> > > >  
> > > >  source "drivers/media/Kconfig"
> > > 
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/drivers/ssb/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
> > > > +menu "Sonics Silicon Backplane"
> > > > +
> > > > +config SSB
> > > > +	tristate "Sonics Silicon Backplane support"
> > > > +	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> > > 
> > > Hence this will show up on all platforms?
> > 
> > So?
> 
> Shouldn't you add a dependency for platforms where it make sense to have SSB?

Well, that's everything where you can stick a PCI, PCMCIA, PC-Card or CF-Card
into, plus the MIPS platform, where we have the embedded SSB.
That's basically everything, no? Except these strange !HAS_IOMEM platforms,
which we already take care of in a followup patch.
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