Re: [PATCH] net: dwc-xlgmac: fix missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() warning
From: Jiri Pirko
Date: Mon Jun 17 2024 - 07:05:17 EST
Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 10:01:48PM CEST, quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>With ARCH=hexagon, make allmodconfig && make W=1 C=1 reports:
>WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac.o
>
>With most other ARCH settings the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() is provided by
>the macro invocation in dwc-xlgmac-pci.c. However, for hexagon, the
>PCI bus is not enabled, and hence CONFIG_DWC_XLGMAC_PCI is not set.
>As a result, dwc-xlgmac-pci.c is not compiled, and hence is not linked
>into dwc-xlgmac.o.
>
>To avoid this issue, relocate the MODULE_DESCRIPTION() and other
>related macros from dwc-xlgmac-pci.c to dwc-xlgmac-common.c, since
>that file already has an existing MODULE_LICENSE() and it is
>unconditionally linked into dwc-xlgmac.o.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks okay. Missing "Fixes" tag though. Please add it and send v2.
Also, please make obvious what tree you target using "[PATCH net]"
prefix.
Thanks.
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