linux-kernel - Re: ERROR: modpost: "mac

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Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:12:07 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: ERROR: modpost: "mac_pton" undefined!

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com> wrote:

...

> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> >
> > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):
> >
> >>> ERROR: modpost: "mac_pton" [drivers/vdpa/vdpa_sim/vdpa_sim.ko] undefined!
>
> I think something like this might fix the problem.

...

> +       select NET
>         default n

You may also drop 'default n' :-)

But what I want to say is that API is under NET_UTILS, I dunno if the
driver requires full NET to be selected. And IIRC NET_UTILS is
selected by NET.

>         help
>           vDPA networking device simulator which loop TX traffic back
>
> I'm going to test with .config and post a patch.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko