On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:52:27 -0700, Catherine Sullivan wrote:

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+if NET_VENDOR_GOOGLE
+
+config GVE
+     tristate "Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) support"
+     depends on (PCI_MSI && X86)  

We usually prefer for drivers not to depend on the platform unless
really necessary, but IDK how that applies to the curious new world
of NICs nobody can buy :)  

This is the only platform it will ever need to run on so we would really
prefer to not have to support others :)

I think the motivation is partially to force the uniform use of generic
APIs across the drivers, so that re-factoring of core code is easier.
Do you have any specific pain-points in mind where x86 dependency
simplifies things? If not I think it's a better default to not have it.
Not a big deal, though.