[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: MVGBE don't automatically select PHYLIB

Chris Packham judge.packham at gmail.com
Thu May 17 12:15:40 UTC 2018


On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 12:02 AM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 01:59:36PM +0200, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > On 17.05.2018 13:53, Chris Packham wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 17 May 2018, 11:09 PM Tom Rini, <trini at konsulko.com
> > ><mailto:trini at konsulko.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >    On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 09:03:15PM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
> > >     > Not all users of MVGBE need PHYLIB and it increases the size of
the
> > >     > openrd images too much.
> > >     >
> > >     > Fixes: commit ed52ea507f12 ("net: add Kconfig for MVGBE")
> > >     > Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham at gmail.com
> > >    <mailto:judge.packham at gmail.com>>
> > >     > Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com <mailto:trini at konsulko.com>>
> > >     > Cc: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de <mailto:sr at denx.de>>
> > >     > ---
> > >     >
> > >     >  drivers/net/Kconfig | 1 -
> > >     >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> > >     >
> > >     > diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > >     > index c962d7a72c0c..f2cc75f494e8 100644
> > >     > --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > >     > +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
> > >     > @@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ config FTMAC100
> > >     >  config MVGBE
> > >     >       bool "Marvell Orion5x/Kirkwood network interface support"
> > >     >       depends on KIRKWOOD || ORION5X
> > >     > -     select PHYLIB
> > >     >       help
> > >     >         This driver supports the network interface units in the
> > >     >         Marvell Orion5x and Kirkwood SoCs
> > >
> > >    This results in phylib never being set now as the configs were
getting
> > >    it implicitly.  Do any of the boards need it?
> > >
> > >
> > >I compile tested the affected boards and they all build. I've fired
this
> > >at github and should have some travis results soon.
> > >
> > >My mistake was to copy the mvneta kconfig which had the select. Commit
> > >ed52ea507f ("net: add Kconfig for MVGBE") didn't remove any
CONFIG_PHYLIB
> > >lines so if they need it it's already in the board.h file or selected
> > >somewhere else.
> >
> > Yes, this is also my understanding. ed52ea507f ("net: add Kconfig for
> > MVGBE") selected PHYLIB via Kconfig, which changed the configuration
> > for these Kirkwood boards. *If* some of them needed / selected PHYLIB
> > before this patch, it was most likely done in their config header.
> >
> > So this patch restores the board configuration again. PHYLIB is not
> > needed for MVGBE - it compiles without it as well.

> OK, thanks.  Can you please do a v2 with a commit message that reflects
> this and a Fixes tag?


Done http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/915392/
Travis builds running now
https://travis-ci.org/cpackham/u-boot/builds/380175749


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