[PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net: stmmac: add support for RZ/N1 GMAC

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Romain,

On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM Romain Gantois
<romain.gantois at bootlin.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > +config DWMAC_RZN1
> > > +       tristate "Renesas RZ/N1 dwmac support"
> > > +       default ARCH_RZN1
> >
> > Why default to enabled?
> >
> > > +       depends on OF && (ARCH_RZN1 || COMPILE_TEST)
>
> The kernel doc states this as one of the possible cases where setting default
> y/m makes sense:
>
> ```
> Sub-driver behavior or similar options for a driver that is “default n”. This
> allows you to provide sane defaults.
> ```
>
> In the case of DWMAC_RZN1, it is a suboption of stmmac which is "default n", and
> I think it makes sense to enable the RZN1 ethernet controller driver if both the
> stmmac driver and the RZN1 architecture were explicitely selected.

Thanks for your answer, that makes perfect sense!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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