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Message-ID: <3f53441d-b8b0-448a-aaaa-fb7e64aa86c0@bootlin.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 15:09:29 +0200
From: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] wifi: wilc1000: set net device registration as last
step during interface creation
Hello Kalle,
On 5/14/24 14:45, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
>> net device registration is currently done in wilc_netdev_ifc_init but
>> other initialization operations are still done after this registration.
>> Since net device is assumed to be usable right after registration, it
>> should be the very last step of initialization.
>>
>> Move netdev registration at the very end of wilc_netdev_ifc_init to let
>> this function completely initialize netdevice before registering it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
>
> I see errors:
>
> ERROR: modpost: "wilc_load_mac_from_nv" [drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wilc1000-sdio.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "wilc_netdev_ifc_init" [drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wilc1000-sdio.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "wilc_load_mac_from_nv" [drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wilc1000-spi.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "wilc_netdev_ifc_init" [drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wilc1000-spi.ko] undefined!
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:145: Module.symvers] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [/home/kvalo/projects/personal/wireless-drivers/src/wireless-next/Makefile:1871: modpost] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2
>
> 6 patches set to Changes Requested.
>
> 13633102 [1/6] wifi: wilc1000: set net device registration as last step during interface creation
> 13633103 [2/6] wifi: wilc1000: register net device only after bus being fully initialized
> 13633104 [3/6] wifi: wilc1000: set wilc_set_mac_address parameter as const
> 13633105 [4/6] wifi: wilc1000: add function to read mac address from eFuse
> 13633106 [5/6] wifi: wilc1000: make sdio deinit function really deinit the sdio card
> 13633107 [6/6] wifi: wilc1000: read MAC address from fuse at probe
Shame on me, I missed those basic errors since I worked with drivers as built-in
instead of modules. I'll update my workflow and send a v2.
Thanks,
Alexis
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Alexis Lothoré, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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