Re: [PATCH] wangxunx: select CONFIG_PHYLINK where needed

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Jan 11 2024 - 11:29:40 EST


On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, at 16:49, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 09:35:50AM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 08:56:21AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/Kconfig
>> > index 23cd610bd376..46630f05d8dd 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/Kconfig
>> > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config NGBE
>> > tristate "Wangxun(R) GbE PCI Express adapters support"
>> > depends on PCI
>> > select LIBWX
>> > + select PHYLINK
>> > select PHYLIB
>>
>> You can drop PHYLIB when adding PHYLINK.
>
> Arnd,
>
> There are repeated complaints from the kernel build bot about this, and
> it would be good to get it solved. Could we have an updated patch
> submitted to netdev please? This is in net-next only at the moment,
> so I think that means it needs to be submitted with:
>
> [PATCH net-next ...]
>
> and please make it clear that it is a fix for code only in net-next.
> (However, netdev folk may request it to be referred until net-next is
> merged and then against the net tree...)

Sent now, thanks for the reminder.

Arnd