linux-kernel - [PATCH] firmware_loader: make RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS select FW

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Message-Id: <20251104-b4-select-rust-fw-v1-1-afea175dba22@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:04:49 +0900
From: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
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Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH] firmware_loader: make RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS select
 FW_LOADER

I have noticed that build will fail when doing the following:

- Start with the x86 defconfig,
- Using nconfig, enable `CONFIG_RUST` and `CONFIG_DRM_NOVA`,
- Start building.

The problem is that `CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS` remains
unselected, despite it being a dependency of `CONFIG_NOVA_CORE`. This
seems to happen because `CONFIG_DRM_NOVA` selects `CONFIG_NOVA_CORE`.

Fix this by making `CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS` select
`CONFIG_FW_LOADER`, and by transition make all users of
`CONFIG_RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS` (so far, nova-core and net/phy)
select it as well.

`CONFIG_FW_LOADER` is more often selected than depended on, so this
seems to make sense generally speaking.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
---
I am not 100% percent confident that this is the proper fix, but the
problem is undeniable. :) I guess the alternative would be to make nova-drm
depend on nova-core instead of selecting it, but I suspect that the
`select` behavior is correct in this case - after all, firmware loading
does not make sense without any user.
---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig | 2 +-
 drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig        | 2 +-
 drivers/net/phy/Kconfig              | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig
index 752b9a9bea03..15eff8a4b505 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Kconfig
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config FW_LOADER_DEBUG
 config RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
 	bool "Rust Firmware Loader abstractions"
 	depends on RUST
-	depends on FW_LOADER=y
+	select FW_LOADER
 	help
 	  This enables the Rust abstractions for the firmware loader API.

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
index 20d3e6d0d796..527920f9c4d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nova-core/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config NOVA_CORE
 	depends on 64BIT
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on RUST
-	depends on RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
+	select RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
 	select AUXILIARY_BUS
 	default n
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
index 98700d069191..d4987fc6b26c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ config ADIN1100_PHY
 config AMCC_QT2025_PHY
 	tristate "AMCC QT2025 PHY"
 	depends on RUST_PHYLIB_ABSTRACTIONS
-	depends on RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
+	select RUST_FW_LOADER_ABSTRACTIONS
 	help
 	  Adds support for the Applied Micro Circuits Corporation QT2025 PHY.

---
base-commit: 6553a8f168fb7941ae73d39eccac64f3a2b9b399
change-id: 20251104-b4-select-rust-fw-aeb1e46bcee9

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>