Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] octeontx2-vf: Ethtool support

[Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:35 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:09:45PM +0530, Sunil Kovvuri wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:51 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:17:23AM +0530, sunil.kovvuri@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > +int __weak otx2vf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +     return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +int __weak otx2vf_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +     return 0;
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > Hi Sunil
> > >
> > > weak symbols are very unusual in a driver. Why are they required?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >         Andrew
> >
> > For ethtool configs which need interface reinitialization of interface
> > we need to either call PF or VF open/close fn()s.
> > If VF driver is not compiled in, then PF driver compilation will fail
> > without these weak symbols.
> > They are there just for compilation purpose, no other use.
>
> It doesn't make sense, your PF driver should be changed to allow
> compilation with those empty functions.
>
> Thanks
>

I didn't get, if VF driver is not compiled in then there are no
otx2vf_open/stop fn()s defined.
Either i have add weak fn()s or add empty ones based on VF CONFIG
option, anyother option ?

Thanks,
Sunil.