netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once & don't copy it

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Date:   Sun, 29 Jan 2017 21:03:04 +0100
From:   Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/3] net: bgmac: allocate struct bgmac just once &
 don't copy it

On 01/29/2017 12:40 AM, kbuild test robot wrote:
> [auto build test ERROR on net-next/master]
> [also build test ERROR on v4.10-rc5 next-20170125]
> [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Rafa-Mi-ecki/net-next-use-one-struct-bgmac-add-PHY-support/20170129-062241
> config: i386-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-6 (Debian 6.2.0-3) 6.2.0 20160901
> reproduce:
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make ARCH=i386
>
> All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>    drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c: In function 'bgmac_alloc':
>>> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c:1455:12: error: implicit declaration of function 'devm_alloc_etherdev' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>      net_dev = devm_alloc_etherdev(dev, sizeof(*bgmac));
>                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks, this is expected as this patch depends on
[PATCH net-next] net: add devm version of alloc_etherdev_mqs function

Let's see if net guys will find my devm_alloc_etherdev implementation
acceptable.