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Message-ID: <20140219101043.5d403398@xhacker>
Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:10:43 +0800
From:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
CC:	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 Thomas,

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:13:03 -0800
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com> wrote:

> Dear Jason Cooper,
> 
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:52:06 -0500, Jason Cooper wrote:
> 
> > > No, I haven't tested all the build scenarios of course. If you feel
> > > that this is too dangerous, I can resend a patch that replaces 'depends
> > > on ARMADA_370_XP' by 'depends on PLAT_ORION'. Would this be OK for you?
> > 
> > I'm fine either way.  I'm definitely a "What's in the box?" kind of guy.
> > But I do like being prepared.
> 
> And it's all in your honour!
> 
> > The real question is: Do you think this IP block will ever be found on
> > anything other than Marvell Armada boards?  If so, stick with this
> > version and build test the crap out of it.  Otherwise, let's save
> > opening the box for another day.
> 
> 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 ;)

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

Thanks,
Jisheng

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