Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mt7530: improve and relax PHY driver dependency

[Vladimir Oltean]

On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 03:45:36PM +0100, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Different MT7530 variants require different PHY drivers.
> Use 'imply' instead of 'select' to relax the dependency on the PHY
> driver, and choose the appropriate driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> index 3ed5391bb18d6..f8c1d73b251d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ config NET_DSA_LANTIQ_GSWIP
>  config NET_DSA_MT7530
>  	tristate "MediaTek MT7530 and MT7531 Ethernet switch support"
>  	select NET_DSA_TAG_MTK
> -	select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
>  	imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO
>  	imply NET_DSA_MT7530_MMIO
>  	help
> @@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ config NET_DSA_MT7530
>  config NET_DSA_MT7530_MDIO
>  	tristate "MediaTek MT7530 MDIO interface driver"
>  	depends on NET_DSA_MT7530
> +	imply MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
>  	select PCS_MTK_LYNXI
>  	help
>  	  This enables support for the MediaTek MT7530 and MT7531 switch
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config NET_DSA_MT7530_MMIO
>  	tristate "MediaTek MT7530 MMIO interface driver"
>  	depends on NET_DSA_MT7530
>  	depends on HAS_IOMEM
> +	imply MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY
>  	help
>  	  This enables support for the built-in Ethernet switch found
>  	  in the MediaTek MT7988 SoC.
> -- 
> 2.41.0

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>

But I did a tree-wide search for "imply .*_PHY" and I didn't find any
other usage patterns, so I'm adding all phylib maintainers to make sure
that the practice isn't discouraged. If not, I guess it should be used
more often with internal PHYs for which the driver is known.