netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove redundant dependency on NETDEVICES for PHYLINK and PHYLIB

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Message-ID: <Z_6RzimpYVqeOHyN@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:05:18 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: remove redundant dependency on
 NETDEVICES for PHYLINK and PHYLIB

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:23:25PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> drivers/net/phy/Kconfig is included from drivers/net/Kconfig in an
> "if NETDEVICES" section. Therefore we don't have to duplicate the
> dependency here. And if e.g. PHYLINK is selected somewhere, then the
> dependency is ignored anyway (see note in Kconfig help).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Thanks!

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