[PATCH net] net: bnge: add AUXILIARY_BUS to Kconfig dependencies

From: Markus Blöchl
Date: Sun Dec 28 2025 - 11:00:38 EST


The build can currently fail with

ld: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.o: in function `bnge_rdma_aux_device_add':
bnge_auxr.c:(.text+0x366): undefined reference to `__auxiliary_device_add'
ld: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.o: in function `bnge_rdma_aux_device_init':
bnge_auxr.c:(.text+0x43c): undefined reference to `auxiliary_device_init'

if BNGE is enabled but no other driver pulls in AUXILIARY_BUS.

Select AUXILIARY_BUS in BNGE like in all other drivers which create
an auxiliary_device.

Fixes: 8ac050ec3b1c ("bng_en: Add RoCE aux device support")
Signed-off-by: Markus Blöchl <markus@xxxxxxxxx>
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Basic steps to reproduce:
- make allnoconfig
- manually enable just PCI, NETDEVICES, ETHERNET, NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM and BNGE
- make
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drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig
index ca565ace6e6a..cd7dddeb91dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ config BNGE
depends on PCI
select NET_DEVLINK
select PAGE_POOL
+ select AUXILIARY_BUS
help
This driver supports Broadcom ThorUltra 50/100/200/400/800 gigabit
Ethernet cards. The module will be called bng_en. To compile this

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base-commit: 4d1442979e4a53b9457ce1e373e187e1511ff688
change-id: 20251228-bnge_aux_bus-4acb743203b5

Best regards,
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Markus Blöchl <markus@xxxxxxxxx>


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