Re: [PATCH 2/2] tg3: fix build-time dependency withIS_DEPENDENCY_SATISFIED()

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Oct 01 2012 - 20:09:34 EST


From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:10:59 -0400

> From e7c432cf5eb44b188c1aa2b188877c42300de8b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:43:49 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] tg3: unconditionally select HWMON support when tg3 is
> enabled.
>
> There is the seldom used corner case where HWMON=m at the same
> time as TIGON3=y (typically randconfigs) which will cause a link
> fail like:
>
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `tg3_close':
> tg3.c:(.text+0x16bd86): undefined reference to `hwmon_device_unregister'
> drivers/built-in.o: In function `tg3_hwmon_open':
> tg3.c:(.text+0x16fc4b): undefined reference to `hwmon_device_register'
> make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>
> Fix it as suggested by DaveM[1] by having the Kconfig logic simply
> select HWMON when TIGON3 is selected. This gets rid of all the
> extra IS_ENABLED ifdeffery in tg3.c as a side benefit.
>
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134250573718151&w=2
>
> Cc: Michael Chan <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Anisse Astier <anisse@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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