From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>,
Ayala Beker <ayala.beker@intel.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] iwlwifi: fix LED dependencies
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:17:41 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <163898745953.8681.9953401691821732230.kvalo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211204173848.873293-1-arnd@kernel.org>
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> The dependencies for LED configuration are highly inconsistent and too
> complicated at the moment. One of the results is a randconfig failure I
> get very rarely when LEDS_CLASS is in a loadable module, but the wireless
> core is built-in:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for MAC80211_LEDS
> Depends on [n]: NET [=y] && WIRELESS [=y] && MAC80211 [=y] && (LEDS_CLASS [=m]=y || LEDS_CLASS [=m]=MAC80211 [=y])
> Selected by [m]:
> - IWLEGACY [=m] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL [=y]
> - IWLWIFI_LEDS [=y] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL [=y] && IWLWIFI [=m] && (LEDS_CLASS [=m]=y || LEDS_CLASS [=m]=IWLWIFI [=m]) && (IWLMVM [=m] || IWLDVM [=m])
>
> aarch64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.o: in function `ath5k_register_led':
> led.c:(.text+0x60): undefined reference to `led_classdev_register_ext'
> aarch64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.o: in function `ath5k_unregister_leds':
> led.c:(.text+0x200): undefined reference to `led_classdev_unregister'
>
> For iwlwifi, the dependency is wrong, since this config prevents the
> MAC80211_LEDS code from being part of a built-in MAC80211 driver.
>
> For iwlegacy, this is worse because the driver tries to force-enable
> the other subsystems, which is both a layering violation and a bug
> because it will still fail with MAC80211=y and IWLEGACY=m, leading
> to LEDS_CLASS being a module as well.
>
> The actual link failure in the ath5k driver is a result of MAC80211_LEDS
> being enabled but not usable. With the Kconfig logic fixed in the
> Intel drivers, the ath5k driver works as expected again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
3 patches applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
efdbfa0ad03e iwlwifi: fix LED dependencies
c68115fc5375 brcmsmac: rework LED dependencies
f7d55d2e439f mt76: mt7921: fix build regression
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20211204173848.873293-1-arnd@kernel.org/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-08 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-04 17:38 [PATCH 1/3] iwlwifi: fix LED dependencies Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-04 17:38 ` [PATCH 2/3] brcmsmac: rework " Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-04 17:38 ` [PATCH 3/3] mt76: mt7921: fix build regression Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-04 17:51 ` Felix Fietkau
2021-12-07 7:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] iwlwifi: fix LED dependencies Kalle Valo
2021-12-07 10:14 ` Johannes Berg
2021-12-07 10:16 ` Johannes Berg
2021-12-07 10:49 ` Johannes Berg
2021-12-07 10:52 ` Coelho, Luciano
2021-12-08 18:17 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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