netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: dwc-xlgmac: fix missing MODULE

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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 13:04:53 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
Cc: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dwc-xlgmac: fix missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() warning

Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 10:01:48PM CEST, quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com wrote:
>With ARCH=hexagon, make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
>WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac.o
>
>With most other ARCH settings the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() is provided by
>the macro invocation in dwc-xlgmac-pci.c. However, for hexagon, the
>PCI bus is not enabled, and hence CONFIG_DWC_XLGMAC_PCI is not set.
>As a result, dwc-xlgmac-pci.c is not compiled, and hence is not linked
>into dwc-xlgmac.o.
>
>To avoid this issue, relocate the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() and other
>related macros from dwc-xlgmac-pci.c to dwc-xlgmac-common.c, since
>that file already has an existing MODULE_LICENSE() and it is
>unconditionally linked into dwc-xlgmac.o.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>

Looks okay. Missing "Fixes" tag though. Please add it and send v2.
Also, please make obvious what tree you target using "[PATCH net]"
prefix.

Thanks.

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