Re: [PATCH] ice: require PTP clock for building

[Tony Nguyen]

On 9/25/2023 8:55 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> A previous fix added PTP as an optional dependency, which was correct as
> of commit 87758511075ec ("igc: fix build errors for PTP"), but this
> has recently changed with the PTP code getting more deeply integrated
> into the ICE driver.
>
> Trying to build ICE when PTP is disabled results in this internal link failure
> as the local functions are left out of the driver:
>
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_is_clock_mux_present_e810t" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_is_phy_rclk_present" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_cgu_get_pin_name" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_get_cgu_state" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_is_cgu_present" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_get_cgu_rclk_pin_info" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_cgu_get_pin_type" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: modpost: "ice_cgu_get_pin_freq_supp" [drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.ko] undefined!
>
> I tried rearranging the code to allow building it again, but this was getting
> too complicated for an outsider, so just enforce the dependency to fix randconfig
> builds again, until someone wants to clean this up again.

Hi Arnd,

There's a pending patch to netdev that does this [1].

Thanks,
Tony

> In practice, any configuration that includes this driver is also going to
> want PTP clocks anyway.
>
> Fixes: 8a3a565ff210a ("ice: add admin commands to access cgu configuration")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230921000633.1238097-1-jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx/