netdev - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the net tree

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:36:11 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the net tree

Hi all,

On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:23:06 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:59:59 +0200 Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> >
> > On 2014-09-18 02:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On 09/17/14 17:32, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> After merging the net tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > >> ppc64_defconfig) produced these warnings:
> > >>
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && BLUESTONE && CANYONLANDS && GLACIER && EIGER && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GX && 460SX && 405EX) selects IBM_EMAC_RGMII which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && CANYONLANDS && GLACIER && 440EP && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GP && 440GX && 460SX && 405GP) selects IBM_EMAC_ZMII which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && 440GX && 460EX && 460SX && APM821xx) selects IBM_EMAC_TAH which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && AKEBONO && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GX && 440SPe && 460EX && 460SX && APM821xx && 405EX) selects IBM_EMAC_EMAC4 which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && CANYONLANDS && GLACIER && 440EP && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GP && 440GX && 460SX && 405GP) selects IBM_EMAC_ZMII which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && BLUESTONE && CANYONLANDS && GLACIER && EIGER && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GX && 460SX && 405EX) selects IBM_EMAC_RGMII which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && 440GX && 460EX && 460SX && APM821xx) selects IBM_EMAC_TAH which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >> warning: (PPC_CELL_NATIVE && AKEBONO && 440EPX && 440GRX && 440GX && 440SPe && 460EX && 460SX && APM821xx && 405EX) selects IBM_EMAC_EMAC4 which has unmet direct dependencies (NETDEVICES && ETHERNET && NET_VENDOR_IBM)
> > >>
> > > 
> > > I have looked into these and don't see why there is a problem.
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > This is a side effect of 5d6be6a5 ("scsi_netlink : Make SCSI_NETLINK
> > dependent on NET instead of selecting NET"). Previously, SCSI_FC_ATTRS
> > would select SCSI_NETLINK which would select CONFIG_NET. The above
> > warnings are just a tip of the iceberg, the more serious issue is that
> > ppc64_defconfig is lacking networking support. This is the downside of
> > savedefconfig, because the 'select' implications can disappear over
> > time. Looks like more defconfigs are affected by this:
> 
> And since 5d6be6a5 is now in Linus' tree, we need Michal's 5 patches
> (at least) to be sent to Linus ASAP ...

I have put those 5 patches in my fixes tree for today ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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