[PATCH] arm64: defconfig: Build STMMAC Ethernet driver into the kernel for NFS boot

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Fri May 23 04:54:14 PDT 2025


On 23/05/2025 13:39, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2025 at 12:47, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj at bp.renesas.com>
>>
>> Enable `CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH` as built-in (`y`) instead of a module (`m`) to
>> ensure the Ethernet driver is available early in the boot process. This
>> is necessary for platforms mounting the root filesystem via NFS, as the
>> driver must be available before the root filesystem is accessed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj at bp.renesas.com>
>> ---
>> With this change, the Renesas RZ/V2H EVK board can boot from NFS
>> which has the DWMAC IP.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v6.17.

With my Nacked, please.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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