Re: [PATCH] hwrng: nomadik: add ARM_AMBA dependency

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 at 17:28, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Compile-testing this driver is only possible when the AMBA bus driver is
> available in the kernel:
>
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.o: in function `nmk_rng_remove':
> nomadik-rng.c:(.text+0x67): undefined reference to `amba_release_regions'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.o: in function `nmk_rng_probe':
> nomadik-rng.c:(.text+0xee): undefined reference to `amba_request_regions'
> x86_64-linux-ld: nomadik-rng.c:(.text+0x18d): undefined reference to `amba_release_regions'
>
> The was previously implied by the 'depends on ARCH_NOMADIK', but needs to be
> specified for the COMPILE_TEST case.
>
> Fixes: d5e93b3374e4 ("hwrng: Kconfig - Add helper dependency on COMPILE_TEST")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit efaa2d815a0e4d1c ("hwrng:
nomadik - add ARM_AMBA dependency") upstream.

> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig
> @@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ config HW_RANDOM_INGENIC_TRNG
>  config HW_RANDOM_NOMADIK
>         tristate "ST-Ericsson Nomadik Random Number Generator support"
>         depends on ARCH_NOMADIK || COMPILE_TEST
> +       depends on ARM_AMBA
>         default HW_RANDOM
>         help
>           This driver provides kernel-side support for the Random Number

After seeing CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_NOMADIK disappear from m68k
all{mod,yes}config, I became intrigued, as it did build fine before?
If CONFIG_ARM_AMBA is not enabled, both __amba_driver_register() and
amba_driver_unregister() become static inline dummies, and the rest
of the code and data is not referenced, thus optimized away by the
compiler.  I verified this is the case on amd64 allmodconfig, too.
How come this failed for you?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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