Hi Arnd,
On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 12:21 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, at 11:28, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 11:16 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, at 11:01, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >>
> >> This won't work when PCS_LYNX is a loadable module and
> >> STMMAC is built-in. I think we should just select PCS_LYNX
> >
> > Oops, you're right, forgot about that case.
> > What about using IS_REACHABLE() instead?
> > No, that won't work either, as DWMAC_SOCFPGA can be modular,
> > with STMMAC builtin.
>
> It would work because of the 'select PCS_LYNX' below DWMAC_SOCFPGA,
That was my first thought, but it won't work, as DWMAC_SOCFPGA=m
causes PCS_LYNX=m, while main STMMAC can still be builtin.
> but I think that's too fragile and would easily break when another
> dwmac front-end starts using PCS_LYNX without have the same select
> statement. I think we should always avoid IS_REACHABLE().
;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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