[PATCH net 2/4] net: mvpp2: Remove unneeded Kconfig dependency.
Jakub Kicinski
kuba at kernel.org
Fri Jan 22 21:14:44 EST 2021
On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:08:02 -0800 Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:27:54AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:06:01PM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > > The mvpp2 is an Ethernet driver, and it implements MAC style time
> > > stamping of PTP frames. It has no need of the expensive option to
> > > enable PHY time stamping. Remove the incorrect dependency.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran at gmail.com>
> > > Fixes: 91dd71950bd7 ("net: mvpp2: ptp: add TAI support")
> >
> > NAK.
>
> Can you please explain why mvpp2 requires NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMING?
Russell, I think we all agree now this is not the solution to the
problem of which entity should provide the timestamp, but the series
doesn't seem objectionable in itself.
Please LMK if you think otherwise.
(I would put it in net-next tho, given the above this at most a space
optimization.)
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