netdev - Re: [PATCH] via-rhine: Add platform dependencies

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Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 09:10:20 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Tony Prisk <linux@...sktech.co.nz>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] via-rhine: Add platform dependencies

Hi David,

On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 10:17 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> Date: Thu,  7 May 2020 13:42:05 +0200
>
> > The VIA Rhine Ethernet interface is only present on PCI devices or
> > VIA/WonderMedia VT8500/WM85xx SoCs.  Add platform dependencies to the
> > VIA_RHINE config symbol, to avoid asking the user about it when
> > configuring a kernel without PCI or VT8500/WM85xx support.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
>
> Applied to net-next.

Thank you!

> Although I hope that the COMPILE_TEST guard is not too loose and
> now we'll have randconfig build failures for some reason.

I only added a dependency line, and didn't replace the old one.

The "depends on PCI || (OF_IRQ && GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP)" is still there.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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