Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mediatek: fix compile-test dependencies

[Randy Dunlap]

On 6/16/23 02:29, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> The new phy driver attempts to select a driver from another subsystem,
> but that fails when the NVMEM subsystem is disabled:
> 
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
>   Depends on [n]: NVMEM [=n] && (ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && HAS_IOMEM [=y]
>   Selected by [y]:
>   - MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && PHYLIB [=y] && (ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y])
> 
> I could not see an actual compile time dependency, so presumably this
> is only needed for for working correctly but not technically a dependency
> on that particular nvmem driver implementation, so it would likely
> be safe to remove the select for compile testing.
> 
> To keep the spirit of the original 'select', just replace this with a
> 'depends on' that ensures that the driver will work but does not get in
> the way of build testing.
> 
> Fixes: 98c485eaf509b ("net: phy: add driver for MediaTek SoC built-in GE PHYs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # build-tested

Thanks.

> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> index a40269c175974..78e6981650d94 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ config MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
>  config MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY
>  	tristate "MediaTek SoC Ethernet PHYs"
>  	depends on (ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK) || COMPILE_TEST
> -	select NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
> +	depends on NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
>  	help
>  	  Supports MediaTek SoC built-in Gigabit Ethernet PHYs.
>  

-- 
~Randy