Re: [PATCH 15/18] net: dpaa2: fix mixed module-builtin object

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 16:04:11 EST


On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 8:09 AM Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx> wrote:
>
> With CONFIG_FSL_DPAA2_ETH=m and CONFIG_FSL_DPAA2_SWITCH=y (or vice
> versa), dpaa2-mac.o and dpmac.o are linked to a module and also to
> vmlinux even though the expected CFLAGS are different between
> builtins and modules.
> This is the same situation as fixed by
> commit 637a642f5ca5 ("zstd: Fixing mixed module-builtin objects").
> There's also no need to duplicate relatively big piece of object
> code into two modules.
>
> Introduce the new module, fsl-dpaa2-mac, to provide the common
> functions to both fsl-dpaa2-eth and fsl-dpaa2-switch.
>
> Misc: constify and shrink @dpaa2_mac_ethtool_stats while at it.
>
> Fixes: 84cba72956fd ("dpaa2-switch: integrate the MAC endpoint support")
> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada