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Message-ID: <4b55e7c0-aed2-5225-fcac-1122a985800b@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 22:07:33 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: David Thompson <davthompson@...dia.com>, hdegoede@...hat.com,
markgross@...nel.org, vadimp@...dia.com
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mlxbf-bootctl: add NET dependency into Kconfig
Hi,
On 9/5/23 06:32, David Thompson wrote:
> The latest version of the mlxbf_bootctl driver utilizes
> "sysfs_format_mac", and this API is only available if
> NET is defined in the kernel configuration. This patch
> changes the mlxbf_bootctl Kconfig to depend on NET.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Also
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202309031058.JvwNDBKt-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: David Thompson <davthompson@...dia.com>
> ---
> drivers/platform/mellanox/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/mellanox/Kconfig
> index 382793e73a60..e52aea996ca5 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/Kconfig
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config MLXBF_BOOTCTL
> tristate "Mellanox BlueField Firmware Boot Control driver"
> depends on ARM64
> depends on ACPI
> + depends on NET
> help
> The Mellanox BlueField firmware implements functionality to
> request swapping the primary and alternate eMMC boot partition,
I'm sure that this will fix the build problem, but I don't see this
being a network driver. To me it looks like some management s/w
that can run independently of networking software.
It just wants to show/store a MAC address -- no networking.
FWIW.
--
~Randy
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