linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: Fix functional dsa-loop dependency on FIXED

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:08:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: Fix functional dsa-loop dependency on
 FIXED_PHY

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:31:10 -0700

> We have a functional dependency on the FIXED_PHY MDIO bus because we register
> fixed PHY devices "the old way" which only works if the code that does this has
> had a chance to run before the fixed MDIO bus is probed. Make sure we account
> for that and have dsa_loop_bdinfo.o be either built-in or modular depending on
> whether CONFIG_FIXED_PHY reflects that too.
> 
> Fixes: 98cd1552ea27 ("net: dsa: Mock-up driver")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.