Re: git: 0f7b9777f8f3 - main - rtw88: split driver up into a core and pci part

On Tue, 14 Jun 2022, John Baldwin wrote:

>> Why do I need to load 1M file for PCI on a machine w/o PCI?
>
> Even many SoC boards have PCI, and anything approaching desktop class
> will have PCI, so lack of PCI is quite specious.  That said, historically
> per-bus attachment code was indeed much smaller.  OTOH, you can also
> selectively include files in the .ko at build-time, e.g. based on
> whether or not the base kernel included 'device pci' by checking for
> DEV_PCI in KERN_OPTS, something like:
>
> .if ${KERN_OPTS:MDEV_PCI}
> SRCS+=	if_rtw88_pci.c
> .endif
>
> This more closely matches what happens in the kernel where you would have
> the sys/conf/files line be 'if_rtw88_pci.c   optional rtw88 pci'

I like this idea and it indeed more closely matches the intentions and
seems to be a better idea.  I'll revert the change and adjust it to this
if that's acceptable?

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7