[PATCH v4 2/2] net: hisilicon: add hix5hd2 mac driver

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Fri Jun 6 01:24:24 PDT 2014


From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 10:19:18 +0200

> On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 01:49:37PM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..e942173
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/Kconfig
>> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
>> +#
>> +# HISILICON device configuration
>> +#
>> +
>> +config NET_VENDOR_HISILICON
>> +	bool "Hisilicon devices"
>> +	default y
> 
> Can this default please be dropped? It's annoying because it will cause
> this driver to be built for *every* ARM kernel by default, whether or
> not that hardware is available on a given board.

People mistakedly say this every time, this config option is not for
the driver, it's a VENDOR guard.



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