netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Always descend into dsa/

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Date:   Mon, 13 May 2019 19:29:28 -0400
From:   Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, davem@...emloft.net,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Always descend into dsa/

On Mon, 13 May 2019 14:06:24 -0700, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> Jiri reported that with a kernel built with CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=y,
> CONFIG_NET_DSA=m and CONFIG_NET_DSA_LOOP=m, we would not get to a
> functional state where the mock-up driver is registered. Turns out that
> we are not descending into drivers/net/dsa/ unconditionally, and we
> won't be able to link-in dsa_loop_bdinfo.o which does the actual mock-up
> mdio device registration.
> 
> Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Fixes: 40013ff20b1b ("net: dsa: Fix functional dsa-loop dependency on FIXED_PHY")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>