linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH phy] phy: enter drivers/phy/Makefile even without CONFIG_GENERIC

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Message-ID: <b06408c4-86cf-46e8-8740-d968cc12d192@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:31:41 +0530
From: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH phy] phy: enter drivers/phy/Makefile even without
 CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY


On 23/01/26 4:36 pm, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Kconfig option CONFIG_PHY_COMMON_PROPS, which builds
> drivers/phy/phy-common-props.c, was intended to be selectable
> independently of CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY. Yet it lives in drivers/phy/, which
> is entered by the Makefile only if CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY is set.
>
> Allow the Makefile to enter one level deeper, but stop at drivers/phy/
> if CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY is unselected (i.e. do not enter vendor folders).
> The other stuff from drivers/phy/Makefile except for CONFIG_PHY_COMMON_PROPS,
> like CONFIG_PHY_NXP_PTN3222, all depends on CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY.
>
> Fixes: e7556b59ba65 ("phy: add phy_get_rx_polarity() and phy_get_tx_polarity()")
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/43ea0202-891d-4582-980b-5cb557b41114@linux.ibm.com/
> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@...ux.ibm.com>
> Debugged-by: "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>


Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@...ux.ibm.com>


> ---
>   drivers/Makefile     | 2 +-
>   drivers/phy/Makefile | 2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
> index ccc05f1eae3e..53fbd2e0acdd 100644
> --- a/drivers/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/Makefile
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y				+= cache/
>   obj-y				+= irqchip/
>   obj-y				+= bus/
>   
> -obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY)	+= phy/
> +obj-y				+= phy/
>   
>   # GPIO must come after pinctrl as gpios may need to mux pins etc
>   obj-$(CONFIG_PINCTRL)		+= pinctrl/
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/Makefile b/drivers/phy/Makefile
> index 30b150d68de7..93715ea0d010 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/phy/Makefile
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PHY_SNPS_EUSB2)		+= phy-snps-eusb2.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_USB_LGM_PHY)		+= phy-lgm-usb.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_PHY_AIROHA_PCIE)		+= phy-airoha-pcie.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_PHY_NXP_PTN3222)		+= phy-nxp-ptn3222.o
> -obj-y					+= allwinner/	\
> +obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY)		+= allwinner/	\
>   					   amlogic/	\
>   					   broadcom/	\
>   					   cadence/	\