From: Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
To: Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [NET] Remove ARM dependency for dm9000 driver
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:07:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cda58cb80511300907y7b39e001w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051130165546.GD1053@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
2005/11/30, Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>:
>
> If other CPUs use this then fine, but I find that having config options
> needlessly available to all architectures is annoying - especially when
> they are never used.
>
> Eg, would you ever expect to see a DM9000 ethernet device on an x86
> machine? Probably not - there's far better PCI solutions now.
>
> So until someone says "I want to use this on such and such arch" I
> think it's better to keep it dependent on those we know are likely
> to support it.
>
That makes sens, specially if it's going to be used only by few arch.
I'll resend a new patch.
Thanks
--
Franck
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-30 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-30 16:21 [NET] Remove ARM dependency for dm9000 driver Franck
2005-11-30 16:23 ` Russell King
2005-11-30 16:45 ` Franck
2005-11-30 16:55 ` Russell King
2005-11-30 17:07 ` Franck [this message]
2005-11-30 18:14 ` David Woodhouse
2005-11-30 19:02 ` Russell King
2005-12-01 8:36 ` David Woodhouse
2005-12-01 9:41 ` Russell King
2005-12-01 9:51 ` David S. Miller
2005-12-01 10:52 ` Russell King
2005-12-01 11:11 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-12-01 11:37 ` Russell King
2005-12-01 15:20 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-12-01 11:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-11-30 21:48 ` David S. Miller
2005-12-01 7:56 ` Franck
2005-12-01 23:17 ` Matan Ziv-Av
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