netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlxfw: Properly handle dependancy with non-loadable mlx5

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Date:   Mon, 03 Jul 2017 02:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, saeedm@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlxfw: Properly handle dependancy with
 non-loadable mlx5

From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun,  2 Jul 2017 18:57:28 +0300

> If mlx5 is set to be built-in and mlxfw as a module, we
> get a link error:
> 
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `mlx5_firmware_flash':
> (.text+0x5aed72): undefined reference to `mlxfw_firmware_flash'
> 
> Since we don't want to mandate selecting mlxfw for mlx5 users, we
> use the IS_REACHABLE macro to make sure that a stub is exposed
> to the caller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
> Reported-by: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied, thank you.