linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: freescale: select CONFIG_FIXED

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Date:   Sat, 9 May 2020 13:24:27 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: freescale: select CONFIG_FIXED_PHY where needed

On Sat,  9 May 2020 14:04:52 +0200 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I ran into a randconfig build failure with CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=m
> and CONFIG_GIANFAR=y:
> 
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.o:(.rodata+0x418): undefined reference to `fixed_phy_change_carrier'
> 
> It seems the same thing can happen with dpaa and ucc_geth, so change
> all three to do an explicit 'select FIXED_PHY'.
> 
> The fixed-phy driver actually has an alternative stub function that
> theoretically allows building network drivers when fixed-phy is
> disabled, but I don't see how that would help here, as the drivers
> presumably would not work then.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

> +	select FIXED_PHY

I think FIXED_PHY needs to be optional, depends on what the board has
connected to the MAC it may not be needed, right PHY folks? We probably
need the

    depends on FIXED_PHY || !FIXED_PHY

dance.