Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: stmmac: Default DWMAC_MOTORCOMM to m on MACH_LOONGSON64

[Yao Zi]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 03:32:06PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> Currently, there is no network connectivity when upgrading to the
> latest upstream mainline kernel on certain Loongson machines such
> as Loongson-3C6000 server, because the driver for the onboard NIC
> is not enabled.
> 
> Enable the Motorcomm PCI DWMAC driver as a module by default when
> building for the Loongson-64 platform.
> 
> This ensures out-of-the-box support for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet
> controllers on Loongson machines, enabling demand-loading without
> increasing the core kernel image size.

YT6801 isn't a Loongson-specific peripheral, it's already shipped in
many other PCIe addon cards, and some x86 laptops iirc, thus it just
seems wrong to do this in the driver's Kconfig entry. I would NAK this
patch.

> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Yao Zi