netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] netdev: smsc911x: allow building on Blackfin systems

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Message-ID: <OF063E0F2B.DD999013-ON802575CF.006B45BD-802575CF.006BB3F8@smsc.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:36:24 +0100
From:	Steve.Glendinning@...c.com
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Ian.Saturley@...c.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] netdev: smsc911x: allow building on Blackfin systems

> The smsc911x driver works fine on Blackfin systems, so add it to the 
arch
> list in the Kconfig.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>

Acked-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...c.com>

> side note ... does it even make sense to have this arch list in the 
first
> place ?  the driver works with any platform who declares proper platform
> resources ...

You're right, there's nothing "special" about ARM | SUPERH other than they 
cover all the in-tree platforms using smsc911x.  The aim was to hide this 
option from menuconfig on x86 etc, where this device is extremely unlikely 
to be found.  Maybe there's a better way of doing this?

Steve
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