netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: stmmac: add support for RZ/N1 GMAC

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVAB8CuSkrnp+b7-+s3v0eHLr0Lvm1=MveGMVRW3T9T-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:45:27 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: stmmac: add support for RZ/N1 GMAC

Hi Romain,

On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM Romain Gantois
<romain.gantois@...tlin.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > +config DWMAC_RZN1
> > > +       tristate "Renesas RZ/N1 dwmac support"
> > > +       default ARCH_RZN1
> >
> > Why default to enabled?
> >
> > > +       depends on OF && (ARCH_RZN1 || COMPILE_TEST)
>
> The kernel doc states this as one of the possible cases where setting default
> y/m makes sense:
>
> ```
> Sub-driver behavior or similar options for a driver that is “default n”. This
> allows you to provide sane defaults.
> ```
>
> In the case of DWMAC_RZN1, it is a suboption of stmmac which is "default n", and
> I think it makes sense to enable the RZN1 ethernet controller driver if both the
> stmmac driver and the RZN1 architecture were explicitely selected.

Thanks for your answer, that makes perfect sense!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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