netdev - RE: [PATCH] net/fsl: remove dependency FSL

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 02:22:57 +0000
From:	Shaohui Xie <Shaohui.Xie@...escale.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] net/fsl: remove dependency FSL_SOC from MDIO

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:ben@...adent.org.uk]
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 4:14 AM
> To: shh.xie@...il.com
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net; Xie Shaohui-B21989
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/fsl: remove dependency FSL_SOC from MDIO
> 
> On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 18:31 +0800, shh.xie@...il.com wrote:
> > From: Shaohui Xie <Shaohui.Xie@...escale.com>
> >
> > FSL_PQ_MDIO and FSL_XGMAC_MDIO are not really depend on FSL_SOC, they
> > can build on non-PPC platforms.
> 
> If this hardware can actually be used on other architectures, fine.
[S.H] Yes. The hardware does exist in other Soc, e.g. FSL_PQ_MDIO in LS1021A,
FSL_XGMAC_MDIO in LS2085A, which are both ARM.

> 
> If not, the dependency should be FSL_SOC || COMPILE_TEST so that the
> option is only available on other architectures when developers want to
> check that these drivers build.
[S.H] If developers want to check these drivers build, the MDIO config should 
Be selected in a given kernel config file.

Thanks!
Shaohui