netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Fix modular PHYLIB build

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Date:   Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:27:10 -0300
From:   Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Fix modular PHYLIB build

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 12:41:49PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> After commit c59530d0d5dc ("net: Move PHY statistics code into PHY
> library helpers") we made net/core/ethtool.c reference symbols which are
> part of the library which can be modular. David introduced a temporary
> fix with 1ecd6e8ad996 ("phy: Temporary build fix after phylib changes.")
> which would prevent such modularity.
>
> This is not desireable of course, so instead, just inline the functions
> into include/linux/phy.h to keep both options available.
>
> Fixes: c59530d0d5dc ("net: Move PHY statistics code into PHY library helpers")
> Fixes: 1ecd6e8ad996 ("phy: Temporary build fix after phylib changes.")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Confirmed that this also fixes the build when CONFIG_PHYLIB is off.
Thanks.