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SubjectRe: [PATCH] s390/net: lcs: fix build errors when FDDI is a loadable module
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Am 22.06.23 um 14:16 schrieb Alexandra Winter:
>
>
> On 22.06.23 09:53, Simon Horman wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 09:15:24AM +0200, Alexandra Winter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21.06.23 23:37, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> Require FDDI to be built-in if it is used. LCS needs FDDI to be
>>>> built-in to build without errors.
>>>>
>>>> Prevents these build errors:
>>>> s390-linux-ld: drivers/s390/net/lcs.o: in function `lcs_new_device':
>>>> drivers/s390/net/lcs.c:2150: undefined reference to `fddi_type_trans'
>>>> s390-linux-ld: drivers/s390/net/lcs.c:2151: undefined reference to `alloc_fddidev'
>>>>
>>>> This FDDI requirement effectively restores the previous condition
>>>> before the blamed patch, when #ifdef CONFIG_FDDI was used, without
>>>> testing for CONFIG_FDDI_MODULE.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 128272336120 ("s390/net: lcs: use IS_ENABLED() for kconfig detection")
> [...]
>>
>>> 2) I wonder whether
>>>
>>> depends on CCW && NETDEVICES && (ETHERNET || FDDI)
>>> + depends on FDDI || FDDI=n
>>>
>>> would do what we want here:
>>> When FDDI is a loadable module, LCS mustn't be built-in.
>>>
>>> I will do some experiments and let you know.
>>
>> It does seem to on my side.
>> But checking would be much appreciated.
>
>
> Here are my experiments:

Another suggestion. Why not remove the FDDI part of the lcs driver? This seems unused
without hardware for years now.Longterm we could even remove the whole lcs driver.

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