linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mei: fix building iwlmei

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Date:   Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:15:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ayala Beker <ayala.beker@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mei: fix building iwlmei

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Building iwlmei without CONFIG_CFG80211 causes a link-time warning:
> 
> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: ieee80211_hdrlen
> >>> referenced by net.c
> >>>               net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/net.o:(iwl_mei_tx_copy_to_csme) in archive drivers/built-in.a
> 
> Add an explicit dependency to avoid this. In theory it should not
> be needed here, but it also seems pointless to allow IWLMEI
> for configurations without CFG80211.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <Emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

066291bec0c5 iwlwifi: mei: fix building iwlmei

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220316183617.1470631-1-arnd@kernel.org/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches