netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 2/5] drivers/net/phy: add the link modes for the 10BASE-T1S Ethernet PHY

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Message-ID: <Y52a2PzgS3TRPEQB@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 17 Dec 2022 10:32:56 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Piergiorgio Beruto <piergiorgio.beruto@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 net-next 2/5] drivers/net/phy: add the link modes for
 the 10BASE-T1S Ethernet PHY

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 11:12:14AM +0100, Piergiorgio Beruto wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 08:48:08PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 01:48:33 +0100 Piergiorgio Beruto wrote:
> > > +const int phy_basic_t1s_p2mp_features_array[2] = {
> > > +	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_TP_BIT,
> > > +	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10baseT1S_P2MP_Half_BIT,
> > > +};
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_basic_t1s_p2mp_features_array);
> > 
> > Should this be exported? It's not listed in the header.
> In my understanding PHY drivers can be compiled as modules, therefore
> this should be exported? I see other features arrays being exported as
> well. But If I'm overlooking something I'll be happy to change this.

If something wants to make use of it, it needs a prototype in a header
file. An EXPORT_SYMBOL* only makes it visible to modules at run-time,
it doesn't make it build-time visible.

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