linux-kernel - Re: [for next][PATCH] iwlwifi: Fix unmet dependency error for IWLWIFI

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:15:03 +0200
From:   Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "open list:INTEL WIRELESS WIFI LINK (iwlwifi)" 
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [for next][PATCH] iwlwifi: Fix unmet dependency error for
 IWLWIFI_LEDS

On Mon, 2019-01-21 at 23:31 +0000, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> There is an unresolved dependency as follows:
> 
> IWLWIFI_LEDS selects MAC80211_LEDS.
> MAC80211_LEDS depends on MAC80211.
> 
> It is possible to choose MAC80211_LEDS (y) but not choose MAC80211
> (n)
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for MAC80211_LEDS
>   Depends on [n]: NET [=y] && WIRELESS [=y] && MAC80211 [=n] &&
> LEDS_CLASS [=y]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - IWLWIFI_LEDS [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] &&
> WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL [=y] && IWLWIFI [=y] && (LEDS_CLASS [=y]=y ||
> LEDS_CLASS [=y]=IWLWIFI [=y])
> 
> Move the MAC80211 dependency into IWLWIFI_LEDS so that we avoid this
> configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
> ---

Thanks for your patch! But we already have another patch to fix this
issued queued for 5.0-rc4 (it's currently in wireless-drivers.git):

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10762079/

--
Cheers,
Luca.