Re: [PATCH -next] net: pcs: pcs-xpcs: Fix build error when CONFIG_PCS_XPCS=y && CONFIG_PHYLINK=m

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Tue Jun 21 2022 - 09:35:15 EST


Hello,

On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 21:12 +0800, Zheng Bin wrote:
> If CONFIG_PCS_XPCS=y, CONFIG_PHYLINK=m, bulding fails:
>
> drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.o: in function `xpcs_do_config':
> pcs-xpcs.c:(.text+0x64f): undefined reference to `phylink_mii_c22_pcs_encode_advertisement'
> drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.o: in function `xpcs_get_state':
> pcs-xpcs.c:(.text+0x10f8): undefined reference to `phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state
>
> Make PCS_XPCS depends on PHYLINK to fix this.
>
> Fixes: b47aec885bcd ("net: pcs: xpcs: add CL37 1000BASE-X AN support")
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
> index 22ba7b0b476d..faec931b1e65 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ menu "PCS device drivers"
> config PCS_XPCS
> tristate "Synopsys DesignWare XPCS controller"
> depends on MDIO_DEVICE && MDIO_BUS
> + depends on PHYLINK
> help
> This module provides helper functions for Synopsys DesignWare XPCS
> controllers.
> --
> 2.31.1

Thank you for the patch. There is already a similar fix pending:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/6959a6a51582e8bc2343824d0cee56f1db246e23.1655797997.git.pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx/

Cheers,

Paolo