Re: [PATCH 4/5] staging: r8188eu: use proper way to build a module

[Phillip Potter]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 21:15, Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It seems that for now, we can only build this driver as a module.
>
> Use the same mechanism as other drivers (such as rtl8723bs or the
> deprecated rtl8188eu) to enforce building as a module, i.e. depend on m
> in Kconfig instead of setting CONFIG_R8188EU = m in the Makefile.
>
> If we set CONFIG_R8188EU in the Makefile, this setting will not be visible
> in .config.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/Kconfig  | 1 +
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile | 2 --
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Kconfig
> index 6323d63a4a1b..dc1719d3f2e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Kconfig
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  config R8188EU
>         tristate "Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless LAN NIC driver"
>         depends on WLAN && USB && CFG80211
> +       depends on m
>         select WIRELESS_EXT
>         select WEXT_PRIV
>         select LIB80211
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> index 7f6658f931d1..cca7a58c5f29 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/Makefile
> @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ EXTRA_CFLAGS += -O1
>
>  ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
>
> -CONFIG_R8188EU = m
> -
>  CONFIG_USB_HCI = y
>
>  CONFIG_BT_COEXIST = n
> --
> 2.20.1
>

Dear Martin,

Looks good.

Acked-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Phil