netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mediatek: fix compile-test dependencies

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Message-ID: <e837c61f-f015-7ccd-003c-7f59acfe54be@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:35:48 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
 Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
 Ramón Nordin Rodriguez
 <ramon.nordin.rodriguez@...roamp.se>,
 Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@...rochip.com>,
 Frank Sae <Frank.Sae@...or-comm.com>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
 Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>,
 Piergiorgio Beruto <piergiorgio.beruto@...il.com>,
 Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
 Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mediatek: fix compile-test dependencies

On 6/16/23 02:29, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> The new phy driver attempts to select a driver from another subsystem,
> but that fails when the NVMEM subsystem is disabled:
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
>   Depends on [n]: NVMEM [=n] && (ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && HAS_IOMEM [=y]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && PHYLIB [=y] && (ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y])
> 
> I could not see an actual compile time dependency, so presumably this
> is only needed for for working correctly but not technically a dependency
> on that particular nvmem driver implementation, so it would likely
> be safe to remove the select for compile testing.
> 
> To keep the spirit of the original 'select', just replace this with a
> 'depends on' that ensures that the driver will work but does not get in
> the way of build testing.
> 
> Fixes: 98c485eaf509b ("net: phy: add driver for MediaTek SoC built-in GE PHYs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> # build-tested

Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> index a40269c175974..78e6981650d94 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ config MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
>  config MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY
>  	tristate "MediaTek SoC Ethernet PHYs"
>  	depends on (ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK) || COMPILE_TEST
> -	select NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
> +	depends on NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
>  	help
>  	  Supports MediaTek SoC built-in Gigabit Ethernet PHYs.
>  

-- 
~Randy