From: Yao Zi <me@ziyao.cc>
To: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
Yao Zi <me@ziyao.cc>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: stmmac: Default DWMAC_MOTORCOMM to m on MACH_LOONGSON64
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:49:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aqrIoiKSN1kMPT0f@pie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915073206.6665-1-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 03:32:06PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> Currently, there is no network connectivity when upgrading to the
> latest upstream mainline kernel on certain Loongson machines such
> as Loongson-3C6000 server, because the driver for the onboard NIC
> is not enabled.
>
> Enable the Motorcomm PCI DWMAC driver as a module by default when
> building for the Loongson-64 platform.
>
> This ensures out-of-the-box support for Motorcomm YT6801 Ethernet
> controllers on Loongson machines, enabling demand-loading without
> increasing the core kernel image size.
YT6801 isn't a Loongson-specific peripheral, it's already shipped in
many other PCIe addon cards, and some x86 laptops iirc, thus it just
seems wrong to do this in the driver's Kconfig entry. I would NAK this
patch.
> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Best regards,
Yao Zi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 7:32 Tiezhu Yang
2026-09-16 16:49 ` Yao Zi [this message]
2026-09-16 16:54 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-17 1:01 ` Tiezhu Yang
2026-09-17 14:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-09-18 6:48 ` Tiezhu Yang
2026-09-18 7:10 ` Yao Zi
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