netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: cadence: Add architecture dependencies

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Message-ID: <20140423094010.17d2d763@endymion.delvare>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:40:10 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: cadence: Add architecture dependencies

Hi Mark, Michal,

On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:16:49 +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 04/22/2014 10:32 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 03:38:49PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> >> The Cadence ethernet chipsets are only used on specific ARM
> >> architectures. Add Kconfig dependencies so that drivers for these
> >> chipsets are only buildable on the relevant architectures.
> > 
> > Are you sure they're not used on any of the FPGA platforms like
> > Microblaze?

I'm not sure of anything, embedded isn't my area.

> > Cadence are an IP company,

I can't parse this, sorry. What is an "IP company"?

> > might be worth having a FPGA
> > Kconfig that architectures commonly deployed with lots of soft IPs can
> > select and the IPs depend on rather than building a custom list for each
> > IP.

What are "soft IPs"? I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to translate your
proposal into a patch, I just don't understand what you mean exactly.

> macb driver can be used by Microblaze too.

Thanks for the information. I will send a patch adding MICROBLAZE to
the dependencies. Out of curiosity, is there any way I could have found
out by myself?

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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