netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: phy: add Rust Asix PHY driver

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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 16:40:20 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: phy: add Rust Asix PHY driver

> config AX88796B_PHY
> 	tristate "Asix PHYs"
> 	help
> 	  Currently supports the Asix Electronics PHY found in the X-Surf 100
> 	  AX88796B package.
> 
> config AX88796B_RUST_PHY
> 	bool "Rust reference driver"
> 	depends on RUST && AX88796B_PHY
> 	default n
> 	help
> 	  Uses the Rust version driver for Asix PHYs.
> 
> 
> The problem is that there are NIC drivers that `select
> AX88796B_PHY`. the Kconfig language doesn't support something like
> `select AX88796B_PHY or AX88796B_RUST_PHY`, I guess.

So change AX88796B_PHY to mean any driver for that hardware. And then
move the C driver to AX88796B_C_PHY, and add AX88796B_RUST_PHY.

All the MAC drivers really cares about is that there is a PHY
driver. They don't care if it is written in C, Rust, or SNOBOL.

	Andrew