Re: [meta-networking][PATCH V2] mdio-tools: add recipes

[Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

perhaps get this enabled by default in linux-yocto kernel defconfigs

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 9:44 PM Potin Lai <potin.lai.pt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Enguerrand de Ribaucourt 於 2022/2/2 下午 05:59 寫道:
> > Thank you for your feedback. The build fails on those MACHINEs because the kernel
> > configuration does not enables the MDIO bus support.
> > I could successfully build the recipes on both MACHINEs by adding the following
> > kernel configuration fragment:
> >
> > ---
> > CONFIG_MDIO_DEVICE=y
> > CONFIG_MDIO_BUS=y
> > # CONFIG_MDIO_BITBANG is not set
> > # CONFIG_MDIO_BCM_UNIMAC is not set
> > # CONFIG_MDIO_MVUSB is not set
> > # CONFIG_MDIO_MSCC_MIIM is not set
> > # CONFIG_MDIO_THUNDER is not set
> >
> > #
> > # MDIO Multiplexers
> > #
> > # CONFIG_PCS_XPCS is not set
> > ---
> >
> > What would be the best way to approach this?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "raj khem" <raj.khem@gmail.com>
> >> To: "Enguerrand de Ribaucourt" <enguerrand.de-ribaucourt@savoirfairelinux.com>
> >> Cc: "openembedded-devel" <openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org>, "joe" <joe@deserted.net>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 6:35:22 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [meta-networking][PATCH V2] mdio-tools: add recipes
> >> this fails on mips
> >> https://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/623861/
> >> aarch64
> >> https://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/623865/
> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 6:45 AM Enguerrand de Ribaucourt
> >> <enguerrand.de-ribaucourt@savoirfairelinux.com> wrote:
> >>> ----- Mail original -----
> >>>> De: "Enguerrand de Ribaucourt" <enguerrand.de-ribaucourt@savoirfairelinux.com>
> >>>> À: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
> >>>> Cc: "raj khem" <raj.khem@gmail.com>, joe@deserted.net, "Enguerrand de
> >>>> Ribaucourt"
> >>>> <enguerrand.de-ribaucourt@savoirfairelinux.com>
> >>>> Envoyé: Mardi 1 Février 2022 15:26:10
> >>>> Objet: [meta-networking][PATCH V2] mdio-tools: add recipes
> >>> Hi,
> >>> mdio-tools is a similar tool to phytool, by the same author, which is already
> >>> present in meta-networking. This one allows a more low-level access to the MDIO
> >>> bus as well as writing with the use of a kernel module.
> >>> I re-submitted the patch with some small corrections to respect coding style
> >>> conventions:
> >>> 1. Moved in recipes-support
> >>> 2. Removed version in mdio-tools_1.0.1.inc filename
> >>> Please let me know if these recipes are relevant to meta-networking or if you
> >>> have any comments about them.
> >>> Thank you for your time.
> >>>> Self-description from the README: mdio-tools is a low-level debug tool
> >>>> for communicating with devices attached to an MDIO bus.
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Enguerrand de Ribaucourt
> >>>> <enguerrand.de-ribaucourt@savoirfairelinux.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> .../mdio-tools/mdio-netlink_1.0.1.bb | 13 +++++++++++++
> >>>> .../recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools.inc | 8 ++++++++
> >>>> .../recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.0.1.bb | 9 +++++++++
> >>>> 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
> >>>> create mode 100644
> >>>> meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-netlink_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> create mode 100644 meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> create mode 100644
> >>>> meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-netlink_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-netlink_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 000000000..b50d33f90
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-netlink_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> >>>> +require mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> +
> >>>> +DEPENDS += "virtual/kernel libmnl"
> >>>> +# This module requires Linux 5.6 higher
> >>>> +
> >>>> +S = "${WORKDIR}/git/kernel"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +inherit module
> >>>> +
> >>>> +EXTRA_OEMAKE = "KDIR=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}"
> >>>> +MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET = "install"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +RPROVIDES:${PN} += "kernel-module-mdio-netlink"
> >>>> diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 000000000..bba8960d8
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> >>>> +DESCRIPTION = "A low-level debug tool for communicating with devices attached
> >>>> to an MDIO bus"
> >>>> +SECTION = "networking"
> >>>> +HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/wkz/mdio-tools"
> >>>> +LICENSE = "GPLv2"
> >>>> +LIC_FILES_CHKSUM =
> >>>> "file://${WORKDIR}/git/COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +SRC_URI = "git://github.com/wkz/mdio-tools.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
> >>>> +SRCREV = "b40809dd59aa199d8afc307e228b55eeae06b17e"
> >>>> diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 000000000..cd4df3da0
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.0.1.bb
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> >>>> +require mdio-tools.inc
> >>>> +
> >>>> +DEPENDS += "libmnl"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +inherit pkgconfig autotools
> >>>> +
> >>>> +RDEPENDS:${PN} = "kernel-module-mdio-netlink"
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.25.1
> >
> Hi Maintainer,
>
> I am looking forward to add mdio-tools package support into openembedded. I find this post, but it looks not been updated for few month.
> Just wondering that would you give some advice for adding extra kernel configurations? or it is possible adding configs into defconfig for `mips` and `aarch64`?
>
> BR,
>
> Potin
>
>