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

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

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.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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