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Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:08:22 +0100
From:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
Cc:	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: remove unneeded dependency of mvneta and
 update help text

Dear Jisheng Zhang,

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:10:43 +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:

> > At this point, I don't expect to see this IP in any other SOCs than
> > Marvell Armada EBU, so I'll resend with a "depends on PLAT_ORION", as I
> 
> This IP is used in Marvell Berlin SoCs too ;)

Ah good to know!

Then when this IP will be enabled on Marvell Berlin SoCs, we can extend
the "depends on PLAT_ORION" to "depends on PLAT_ORION || ARCH_BERLIN".

> But Berlin SoC doesn't have a mbus concept. Currently, we just hack the
> mvneta to configure the mbus window.

We can simply introduce a separate compatible string, and make the
driver behave differently depending on which compatible string was used
to probe the device.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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