netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: mt7530: add GPIOLIB dependency

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:14:27 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Landen Chao <landen.chao@...iatek.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: mt7530: add GPIOLIB dependency

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 4:52 PM DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:40 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> >
> > The new gpio support may be optional at runtime, but it requires
> > building against gpiolib:
> >
> > ERROR: modpost: "gpiochip_get_data" [drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: modpost: "devm_gpiochip_add_data_with_key" [drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.ko] undefined!
> >
> > Add a Kconfig dependency to enforce this.
>
> I think wrapping the GPIO code block with #ifdef CONFIG_GPIOLIB ...
> #endif may be a better idea.

In practice there is little difference, as most configurations have GPIOLIB
enabled anyway, in particular every configuration in which this driver is
used.

If you want to send an alternative patch to add the #ifdef, please include

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

      Arnd