Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: add MAY_USE_DEVLINK dependency

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed May 31 2017 - 04:57:40 EST


On Wed, 31 May 2017 10:16:50 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> When devlink is configured as a loadable module, a built-in nfp driver
> causes a link error:
>
> drivers/net/built-in.o: In function `nfp_devlink_port_register':
> (.text+0xb8b05): undefined reference to `devlink_port_type_eth_set'
> drivers/net/built-in.o: In function `nfp_devlink_port_register':
> (.text+0xb8b16): undefined reference to `devlink_port_split_set'
>
> This adds a special Kconfig dependency on CONFIG_MAY_USE_DEVLINK
> to avoid that combination and force nfp to be a module when NET_DEVLINK=m.

Thanks, this should be fixed in net-next already by commit
d935bc84c940 ("nfp: add MAY_USE_DEVLINK dependency"). Same
subject/commit title as yours :)