linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix missing dependency of PCH

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Message-Id: <20101028.101618.226776102.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:16:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	error27@...il.com, masa-korg@....okisemi.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix missing dependency of PCH_GBE driver

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:16:29 -0400

> While doing some randconfigs I stumbled across this build error:
> 
> ERROR: "mii_ethtool_gset" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "generic_mii_ioctl" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "mii_nway_restart" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "mii_check_gmii_support" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "mii_link_ok" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "mii_ethtool_sset" [drivers/net/pch_gbe/pch_gbe.ko] undefined!
> 
> The config option PCH_GBE is missing the dependency of MII.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

The canonical way to handle this is to use 'select'.  Thus,
I've committed the following to fix this.

Thanks.

--------------------
pch_gbe: Select MII.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/Kconfig |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 77c1fab..f24179d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2520,6 +2520,7 @@ source "drivers/net/stmmac/Kconfig"
 config PCH_GBE
 	tristate "PCH Gigabit Ethernet"
 	depends on PCI
+	select MII
 	---help---
 	  This is a gigabit ethernet driver for Topcliff PCH.
 	  Topcliff PCH is the platform controller hub that is used in Intel's
-- 
1.7.3.2

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