[GIT PULL 2/2] arm64: stratix10: defconfig update for v4.17

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen at kernel.org> wrote:
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> On 03/27/2018 08:31 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 8:54 PM, Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen at kernel.org> wrote:
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>>> ARM64: stratix10: defconfig updates for 4.17
>>> -enables STMMAC_ETH controller that is present on Stratix10
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>> I got a conflict against an earlier patch that enabled CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH=m
>> and kept that version, as I see no need to have it built-in, see below for the
>> merge conflict resolution.
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> The Stratix10 SoC needs to use the stmmac ethernet driver if it the user
> wants to mount a filesystem over NFS. Is there a way to load the
> ethernet module during boot-up before trying to mount into a RFS?

Yes, most distros do this using an initramfs. How common is that use
case for you? If there is a reason why initramfs adds too much complexity
to your workflow, we could still add it, but the preferred way is to have as
many modules as possible.

      arnd