Re: [PATCH net 1/3] cpsw/netcp: cpts depends on posix_timers

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> With posix timers having become optional, we get a build error with
> the cpts time sync option of the CPSW driver:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.c: In function 'cpts_find_ts':
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpts.c:291:23: error: implicit declaration of function 'ptp_classify_raw';did you mean 'ptp_classifier_init'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> 
> It really makes no sense to build this driver if we can't use PTP,
> so it's better to go back to 'select PTP_1588_CLOCK' but instead
> add a dependency on POSIX_TIMERS.

Why not depend on PTP_1588_CLOCK directly instead?

> Fixes: baa73d9e478f ("posix-timers: Make them configurable")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> index 296c8efd0038..366e29ff8605 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ config TI_CPSW
>  config TI_CPTS
>  	tristate "TI Common Platform Time Sync (CPTS) Support"
>  	depends on TI_CPSW || TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP
> -	imply PTP_1588_CLOCK
> +	depends on POSIX_TIMERS
> +	select PTP_1588_CLOCK
>  	---help---
>  	  This driver supports the Common Platform Time Sync unit of
>  	  the CPSW Ethernet Switch and Keystone 2 1g/10g Switch Subsystem.
> -- 
> 2.9.0
> 
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