Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4

From	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4
Date	2015-10-09 10:20 +0200
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On Friday 09 October 2015 09:14:33 Anand Moon wrote:
> As long as we use correct exynos5422-odroidxu4.dtb is used in the
> boot.scr/boot.ini ethernet come up,
> build and tested using CONFIG_USB_RTL8152=m using multi_v7_defconfig.
> 
> Not sure what is the policy for NFS booting.
> 
> Do you want CONFIG_USB_RTL8152 to be build as module in
> exynos/multi_v7_defconfig.

The NFS booting is exactly the question here: Would it be a significant
hassle for anyone to require using a ramdisk if they need NFS root?

If we all think it would be an acceptable price, we should probably
make all ethernet drivers loadable modules, as it is commonly
done on distros.

	Arnd
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[PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Anand Moon <linux.amoon@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 05:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-08 09:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> - 2015-10-08 09:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-08 10:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> - 2015-10-08 11:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-08 16:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Anand Moon <linux.amoon@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 05:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-09 10:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 12:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet driver for Odroid-XU4 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-09 12:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> - 2015-10-09 12:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable rtl8152 ethernet  driver for Odroid-XU4 Anand Moon <linux.amoon@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 13:00 +0200

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