netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: Added KS8842 driver

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Message-Id: <200906031038.47050.florian@openwrt.org>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 10:38:46 +0200
From:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
To:	Richard R?öjfors 
	<richard.rojfors.ext@...ean-labs.com>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: Added KS8842 driver

Le Tuesday 02 June 2009 21:52:58 Richard R?öjfors, vous avez écrit :
> Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >> +config KS8842
> >> +	tristate "Micrel KSZ8842"
> >> +	depends on PCI
> >
> > Why does this driver depend on PCI ?
>
> Good question.
> The KS8842 switch is actually behind an FPGA connected via PCIe,
> the next version of the FPGA firmware will have DMA support and the driver
> will depend on PCI. Is it worth removing the dependency for now?

You are not using any pci_* functions so I guess you can remove that 
dependency for now.
-- 
Best regards, Florian Fainelli
Email : florian@...nwrt.org
http://openwrt.org
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