Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: MxL862xx: don't force-enable MAXLINEAR_GPHY

[Guenter Roeck]

On 2/16/26 07:34, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2026, at 16:17, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On 2/16/26 04:15, Daniel Golle wrote:
> >
> > Technically, with "select MAXLINEAR_GPHY", NET_DSA_MXL862 should depend
> > on "depends on HWMON || HWMON=n". That would prevent NET_DSA_MXL862=y
> > and with it MAXLINEAR_GPHY=y.
> >
> > Maybe it is time to implement dummy functions for hwmon API calls
> > to avoid all this.
>
> I had considered this when I found the build failure, but
> I think removing the 'select' here is much better: this
> simplifies the dependencies, and allows a valid configuration
> with hwmon and gphy support in a loadable module that would
> otherwise be impossible.

Makes sense. I think I'll move forward with the dummy functions anyway
because with that the #ifdefs in drivers are no longer necessary
and the "depends on HWMON || HWMON=n" becomes optional.

Guenter