linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: macb: Kconfig: Make MACB depend on COMMON

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 08:54:04 +0000
From:   <Nicolas.Ferre@...rochip.com>
To:     <palmer@...ive.com>, <harinik@...inx.com>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: macb: Kconfig: Make MACB depend on COMMON_CLK

On 25/06/2019 at 10:48, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> commit c218ad559020 ("macb: Add support for SiFive FU540-C000") added a
> dependency on the common clock framework to the macb driver, but didn't
> express that dependency in Kconfig.  As a result macb now fails to
> compile on systems without COMMON_CLK, which specifically causes a build
> failure on powerpc allyesconfig.
> 
> This patch adds the dependency, which results in the macb driver no
> longer being selectable on systems without the common clock framework.
> All known systems that have this device already support the common clock
> framework, so this should not cause trouble for any uses.  Supporting
> both the FU540-C000 and systems without COMMON_CLK is quite ugly.
> 
> I've build tested this on powerpc allyesconfig and RISC-V defconfig
> (which selects MACB), but I have not even booted the resulting kernels.
> 
> Fixes: c218ad559020 ("macb: Add support for SiFive FU540-C000")
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>

Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/Kconfig
> index 1766697c9c5a..64d8d6ee7739 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/Kconfig
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if NET_VENDOR_CADENCE
>   
>   config MACB
>   	tristate "Cadence MACB/GEM support"
> -	depends on HAS_DMA
> +	depends on HAS_DMA && COMMON_CLK
>   	select PHYLIB
>   	---help---
>   	  The Cadence MACB ethernet interface is found on many Atmel AT32 and
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ config MACB_USE_HWSTAMP
>   
>   config MACB_PCI
>   	tristate "Cadence PCI MACB/GEM support"
> -	depends on MACB && PCI && COMMON_CLK
> +	depends on MACB && PCI
>   	---help---
>   	  This is PCI wrapper for MACB driver.
>   
> 


-- 
Nicolas Ferre