Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:04:05 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ethernet: renesas: drop SoC names in Kconfig |
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Hi Paolo,
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 12:54 PM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2023-10-22 at 22:53 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > Mentioning SoCs in Kconfig descriptions tends to get stale (e.g. RAVB is > > missing RZV2M) or imprecise (e.g. SH_ETH is not available on all > > R8A779x). Drop them instead of providing vague information. Improve the > > file description a tad while here. > > It's not a big deal, but assuming that keeping the SoC list up2date > requires too much effort, I would still keep it, with some additional > wording specifying it's partial and potentially inaccurate.
Apparently it was too much effort...
> Such list could be an useful starting point for an integrator looking > for the correct driver for his/her SoC.
For modern DT-based systems, it's much easier to look up compatible values.
See also scripts/dtc/dt_to_config.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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