[PATCH] net: phy: mediatek: fix compile-test dependencies
Simon Horman
simon.horman at corigine.com
Fri Jun 16 04:47:35 PDT 2023
On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:29:54AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
>
> The new phy driver attempts to select a driver from another subsystem,
> but that fails when the NVMEM subsystem is disabled:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for NVMEM_MTK_EFUSE
> Depends on [n]: NVMEM [=n] && (ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y]) && HAS_IOMEM [=y]
> Selected by [y]:
> - MEDIATEK_GE_SOC_PHY [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && PHYLIB [=y] && (ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK [=n] || COMPILE_TEST [=y])
>
> I could not see an actual compile time dependency, so presumably this
> is only needed for for working correctly but not technically a dependency
nit: for for -> for
or
for for working correctly -> for correct operation
> on that particular nvmem driver implementation, so it would likely
> be safe to remove the select for compile testing.
>
> To keep the spirit of the original 'select', just replace this with a
> 'depends on' that ensures that the driver will work but does not get in
> the way of build testing.
>
> Fixes: 98c485eaf509b ("net: phy: add driver for MediaTek SoC built-in GE PHYs")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
I don't know the answer to the question of if this dependency is needed or
not. But I do agree that it does what it says on the box.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at corigine.com>
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