Re: [RFC 1/2] net: phy: rework Kconfig settings for MDIO_BUS

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Wed Jun 28 2017 - 19:18:12 EST


On 06/21/2017 03:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I still see build errors in randconfig builds and have had this
> patch for a while to locally work around it:
>
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `xgene_mdio_probe':
> mux-core.c:(.text+0x352154): undefined reference to `of_mdiobus_register'
> mux-core.c:(.text+0x352168): undefined reference to `mdiobus_free'
> mux-core.c:(.text+0x3521c0): undefined reference to `mdiobus_alloc_size'
>
> The idea is that CONFIG_MDIO_BUS now reflects whether the mdio_bus
> code is built-in or a module, and other drivers that use the core
> code can simply depend on that, instead of having a complex
> dependency line.
>
> Fixes: 90eff9096c01 ("net: phy: Allow splitting MDIO bus/device support from PHYs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

This looks a lot better indeed, thanks!
--
Florian