netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/19] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: drop TI_DAVINCI

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:27:09 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/19] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: drop
 TI_DAVINCI_CPDMA config option

On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:08:53 +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> Both drivers CPSW and EMAC can't work without CPDMA, hence simplify build
> of those drivers by always linking davinci_cpdma and drop TI_DAVINCI_CPDMA
> config option.
> Note. the davinci_emac driver module was changed to "ti_davinci_emac" to
> make build work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>

Last time I tried including the same object file in two different
modules it backfired pretty badly.  Would you mind sparing some 
details as to why you need to do this?