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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:05:52 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] arm64: configs: Add R-Car DAB support
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Hi Laurent,

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 1:53 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:51:47PM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> > Make sure that the R-Car DAB device driver gets compiled as a
> > module since R-Car E3 and R-Car M3-N come with the DAB IP.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@renesas.com>
>
> Do we need this in the defconfig ? It's not required to have a bootable
> E3 or M3-N with the set of standard features, and would result in all

That's why it's modular.

> ARM64 platforms having one module they don't care about.

We typically add all drivers used by all supported platforms, to
increase build coverage.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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