netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers: net: cpsw: make cpsw_ale.c a module to allow re-use on Keystone

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Message-Id: <20150131.173610.754001675443670809.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:36:10 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	m-karicheri2@...com
Cc:	w-kwok2@...com, mugunthanvnm@...com, tony@...mide.com,
	prabhakar.csengg@...il.com, grygorii.strashko@...com,
	lokeshvutla@...com, mpa@...gutronix.de,
	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drivers: net: cpsw: make cpsw_ale.c a module
 to allow re-use on Keystone

From: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:15:51 -0500

> NetCP on Keystone has cpsw ale function similar to other TI SoCs
> and this driver is re-used. To allow both ti cpsw and keystone netcp
> to re-use the driver, convert the cpsw ale to a module and configure
> it through Kconfig option CONFIG_TI_CPSW_ALE. Currently it is statically
> linked to both TI CPSW and NetCP and this causes issues when the above
> drivers are built as dynamic modules. This patch addresses this issue
> 
> While at it, fix the Makefile and code to build both netcp_core and
> netcp_ethss as dynamic modules. This is needed to support arm allmodconfig.
> This also requires exporting of API calls provided by netcp_core so that
> both the above can be dynamic modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>

Applied, thanks
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