Re: [PATCH net] net: ethernet: ti: Fix mixed module-builtin object

[Alexander Lobakin]

From: Md Danish Anwar <danishanwar@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:35:49 +0530

> With CONFIG_TI_K3_AM65_CPSW_NUSS=y and CONFIG_TI_ICSSG_PRUETH=m,
> k3-cppi-desc-pool.o is linked to a module and also to vmlinux even though
> the expected CFLAGS are different between builtins and modules.
> 
> The build system is complaining about the following:
> 
> k3-cppi-desc-pool.o is added to multiple modules: icssg-prueth
> ti-am65-cpsw-nuss

I also fixed a bunch of these in the ethernet/ti/ folder a year ago[0],
you can take a look. I never made it to the upstream branches since I
took a rest from my home Linux projects and never got back to them yet :P

> 
> Introduce the new module, k3-cppi-desc-pool, to provide the common
> functions to ti-am65-cpsw-nuss and icssg-prueth.

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[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221119225650.1044591-19-alobakin@xxxxx

Thanks,
Olek