[PATCH] iwlwifi: work around reverse dependency on MEI

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Dec 07 2021 - 07:54:41 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

If the iwlmei code is a loadable module, the main iwlwifi driver
cannot be built-in:

x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.o: in function `iwl_pcie_prepare_card_hw':
trans.c:(.text+0x4158): undefined reference to `iwl_mei_is_connected'

Unfortunately, Kconfig enforces the opposite, forcing the MEI driver to
not be built-in if iwlwifi is a module.

There is no easy way to express the correct dependency in Kconfig,
this is the best workaround I could come up with, turning CONFIG_IWLMEI
into a 'bool' symbol, and spelling out the exact conditions under which
it may be enabled, and then using Makefile logic to ensure it is
built-in when iwlwifi is.

A better option would be change iwl_mei_is_connected() so it could be
called from iwlwifi regardless of whether the mei driver is reachable,
but that requires a larger rework in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig | 6 +++---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile | 3 +--
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
index cf1125d84929..474afc6f82a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ config IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING
expect incoming broadcasts for their normal operations.

config IWLMEI
- tristate "Intel Management Engine communication over WLAN"
- depends on INTEL_MEI
+ bool "Intel Management Engine communication over WLAN"
+ depends on INTEL_MEI=y || INTEL_MEI=IWLMVM
+ depends on IWLMVM=y || IWLWIFI=m
depends on PM
- depends on IWLMVM
help
Enables the iwlmei kernel module.

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
index 75a703eb1bdf..c117e105fe5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ iwlwifi-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING) += iwl-devtrace.o
ccflags-y += -I$(src)

obj-$(CONFIG_IWLDVM) += dvm/
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMVM) += mvm/
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMEI) += mei/
+obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMVM) += mvm/ mei/

CFLAGS_iwl-devtrace.o := -I$(src)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
index 8e3ef0347db7..98b561c3820f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMEI) += iwlmei.o
+ifdef CONFIG_IWLMEI
+obj-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI) += iwlmei.o
+endif
iwlmei-y += main.o
iwlmei-y += net.o
iwlmei-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING) += trace.o
--
2.29.2