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

[Andrew Lunn]

> Before moving forward, I'd like to share an alternative thought.
> As noted in the earlier review, this network controller could be
> used across multiple architectures. To avoid the redundant churn
> in the defconfigs of every single architecture, I am wondering if
> we could unconditionally set it to default m in the Kconfig instead.

~/linux/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac$ grep default Kconfig
	default n
	default y
	default STMMAC_PLATFORM
	default ARC
	default MACH_INGENIC
	default ARCH_QCOM
	default ARCH_LPC18XX
	default ARCH_MESON
	default ARCH_MA35
	default ARCH_QCOM
	default ARCH_RENESAS
	default ARCH_ROCKCHIP
	default ARCH_RZN1
	default ARCH_S32
	default ARCH_INTEL_SOCFPGA
	default m if ARCH_SOPHGO
	default m if ARCH_SPACEMIT
	default m if ARCH_STARFIVE
	default ARCH_STI
	default ARCH_STM32
	default ARCH_SUNXI
	default ARCH_SUNXI
	default ARCH_SUNXI
	default ARCH_MXC
	default MACH_LOONGSON32
	default ARCH_VISCONTI
	default X86
	default MACH_LOONGSON64

No other glue driver does this. Why is this one special?

   Andrew