Re: [PATCH net 2/4] net: mvpp2: Remove unneeded Kconfig dependency.

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Thu Jan 21 2021 - 10:10:32 EST


On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:27:54AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 08:06:01PM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > The mvpp2 is an Ethernet driver, and it implements MAC style time
> > stamping of PTP frames. It has no need of the expensive option to
> > enable PHY time stamping. Remove the incorrect dependency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: 91dd71950bd7 ("net: mvpp2: ptp: add TAI support")
>
> NAK.

Can you please explain why mvpp2 requires NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMING?

Thanks,
Richard