Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: stmmac: Add PCS_LYNX as a dependency for the whole driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

	Hi Maxime,

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Although pcs_lynx is only used on dwmac_socfpga for now, the cleanup
> path is in the generic driver, and triggers build issues for other
> stmmac variants. Make sure we build pcs_lynx in all cases too, as for
> XPCS.

That seems suboptimal to me, as it needlesly increases kernel size for
people who do not use dwmac_socfpga.  Hence I made an alternative patch:
https://lore.kernel/org/7b36ac43778b41831debd5c30b5b37d268512195.1686039915.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx

> Fixes: 5d1f3fe7d2d5 ("net: stmmac: dwmac-sogfpga: use the lynx pcs driver")
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> index 5583f0b055ec..fa956f2081a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config STMMAC_ETH
> 	depends on PTP_1588_CLOCK_OPTIONAL
> 	select MII
> 	select PCS_XPCS
> +	select PCS_LYNX
> 	select PAGE_POOL
> 	select PHYLINK
> 	select CRC32
> @@ -160,7 +161,6 @@ config DWMAC_SOCFPGA
> 	select MFD_SYSCON
> 	select MDIO_REGMAP
> 	select REGMAP_MMIO
> -	select PCS_LYNX
> 	help
> 	  Support for ethernet controller on Altera SOCFPGA

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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