On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 02:39:32PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Kumar Gala <ga...@kernel.crashing.org> [120330 14:14]:
> > 
> > On Mar 30, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > * Kumar Gala <ga...@kernel.crashing.org> [120329 12:24]:
> > >> As I'm new to the OMAP community this might be a stupid question but 
> > >> trying to just build and run a stock v3.3 kernel on a pandaboard.  In 
> > >> doing so it seems as if some basic drivers are not enabled in 
> > >> omap2plus_defconfig for the board.  I'm trying to figure out if this is 
> > >> normal for some reason or just an oversight.
> > >> 
> > >> For example, USB and USB ethernet (SMC95xx).  I notice the linaro kernel 
> > >> tree introduces an omap4_defconfig, so just wondering should I send 
> > >> patches to omap2plus_defconfig or what?
> > > 
> > > We can add those to omap2plus_defconfig for sure, but let's have
> > > them added as modules. Then distros can use that easily in a
> > > standard way using initramfs-tools etc.
> > > 
> > > Let's not change the drivers that are currently built in if they're
> > > needed for mounting mmc or nfsroot. Those can be changed later on.
> > 
> > I'll work up a patch, however I was doing this as I was trying to get NFS 
> > root working and thus would need USB + USB ethernet compiled in and not as 
> > modules for panda.  Is that ok?
> 
> Maybe, let's take a look how much bigger the kernel becomes.
> Also we need to check if the same EHCI configuration works
> for omap3/4.

FWIW, the same EHCI + SMSC95xx config is used for Beagle xM for
nfsroot. First thing I enable on any builds.

-Matt
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