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Re: [PATCH v2] wireless: allow Atheros card to not depend on ath.ko

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Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> There are 2 different things:
> - sub-menu for "Atheros Wireless cards" family
> - module ath.ko with common Atheros code
>
> Until now, they both used to depend on the same Kconfig variable ATH_COMMON.
> Thus, being "Atheros card" and "depending on ath.ko" was the same.
>
> To allow module to belong to the
> "Atheros Wireless cards" family but not use ath.ko,
> 2 conditions above need to be separated.
>
> So, this patch introduce new Kconfig variable ATH_CARDS for belonging
> to the "Atheros Wireless Cards" family; while ATH_COMMON becomes hidden
> variable to express dependency on common Atheros code in ath.ko. Modules
> that depend on this common code now express it by setting ATH_COMMON.
>
> Right now, ath6kl do not depend on common code and thus do not set ATH_COMMON.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This broke ath6kl, it get compiled unless I enable ath9k or some other
atheros driver.

Reverting 23c1d7f6597 or adding "select ATH_COMMON" to ath6kl fixes
this. Any ideas what's wrong? It's not obvious to me from looking at
Kconfig files.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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