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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 2/3] netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.
On 04/21/2012 12:32 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Daney<ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:20:53 -0700
>
>> +config MDIO_BUS_MUX
>> + tristate
>> + help
>> + This module provides a driver framework for MDIO bus
>> + multiplexers which connect one of several child MDIO busses
>> + to a parent bus. Switching between child busses is done by
>> + device specific drivers.
>> +
> This driver uses OF and OF_MDIO, and therefore need dependencies upon
> them. Otherwise it can be enabled in configurations which will result
> in build failures.

Note that this symbol cannot be selected by the user, only indirectly
via the MDIO_BUS_MUX_GPIO symbol (in patch 3/3) which has the proper
dependencies.

If we were to specify the dependencies in both places, we gain nothing other than duplication of information.

However, if you insist, I will of course add it here too.

David Daney








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