[PATCH] powerpc/ep8248e: Fix compile problem if !CONFIG_FS_ENET

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jul 17 08:23:28 EST 2008


On Jul 16, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Kumar Gala wrote:

>
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:47:23PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 08:39:12AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>> If we don't enable FS_ENET we get build issues:
>>>>
>>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/built-in.o: In function  
>>>> `ep8248e_mdio_probe':
>>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/82xx/ep8248e.c:129: undefined reference to  
>>>> `alloc_mdio_bitbang'
>>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/82xx/ep8248e.c:143: undefined reference to  
>>>> `mdiobus_register'
>>>
>>> How is this possible?  CONFIG_EP8248E selects CONFIG_MDIO_BITBANG.
>>
>> If CONFIG_PHYLIB=m however, that doesn't make any difference, because
>> vmlinuz is trying to use a symbol which now lives in a module.
>
> The mdiobus_register make sense, I'm not sure get why  
> alloc_mdio_bitbang is undefined.

nevermind, I now see why the libphy is being built.

- k



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