Re: [PATCH net-next] bcm63xx_enet: add support Broadcom BCM6345 Ethernet

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From: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:58:34 +0100

> 2013/6/13 David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> From: Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:53:05 +0100
>>
>>> +#ifdef BCMCPU_RUNTIME_DETECT
>>
>> I want the MIPS folks to fix this brain damange.
>>
>> This runtime detect thing is just a big mess in a header file
>> using hundreds of lines of CPP stuff to express what is fundamentally
>> a simple (albeit sizable) Kconfig dependency.
> 
> The codebase supporting the Broadcom BCM63xx SoC supports about 6-7

You don't need to explain it to me, I read the code and understand
what it's trying to accomplish.

I reject the implementation of it, only.

> No, the ifdefs are kept in the arch/mips/bcm63xx portions of the code
> specifically for that reason. The driver just needs to take into account a
> new set of platform_data properties to deal with this.

Fine, it's still terrible.


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