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Re: [PATCH] mt76: enable MAC80211_LEDS by default

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On Mar 21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 6:45 AM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-03-16 at 15:45 +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/Kconfig
> >> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
> >>  config MT76_CORE
> >>       tristate
> >> +     select MAC80211_LEDS
> >
> > Should drivers really mess with mac80211's configuration that way? I
> > believe this is a user-visible config, no?
> 
> We have a couple of drivers using 'select LEDS_CLASS' and others
> doing 'depends on LEDS_CLASS'. I think the latter is what we should
> have here for all those drivers.
> 
> MAC80211_LEDS looks like it's designed to be optional, so nothing
> should select or depend on that.
> 
>           Arnd

Reviewing the current code we do not actually need MAC80211_LEDS, so I agree
to remove it from Kconfig and let userspace selects the option. I would use
select for LEDS_CLASS. If you agree I can send a v2 otherwise I fine to apply
Arnd's patch.
Felix what do you think?

Regards,
Lorenzo



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