Re: cpsw regression in mainline with "cpsw/netcp: cpts depends on posix_timers"

[Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>]

* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> [170424 11:14]:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 7:44 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
> > * Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> [170424 10:38]:
> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 6:51 PM, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Looks like commit 07fef3623407 ("cpsw/netcp: cpts depends on posix_timers")
> >> > in mainline started triggering the following oops at least on j5eco-evm.
> >> >
> >> > Adding CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK to .config solves it, but the oops hints
> >> > something is wrong with the dependencies.. CONFIG_TI_CPTS defaults to N
> >> > and not selecting it causes the oops.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas what's needed to properly fix this?
> >>
> >> Does your configuration have POSIX_TIMERS enabled? If not, then CPTS
> >> is now also disabled. There are two issues here that we need to solve:
> >>
> >> a) find out why POSIX_TIMERS got disabled, and make sure it's always
> >>     turned on for normal users
> >
> > $ make omap2plus_defconfig
> > ...
> > CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS=y
> > # CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK is not set
> >
> > So CONFIG_TI_CPTS is unselectable.
> 
> Ok, so at least this one is easy to understand, it's a direct consequence
> of my change, as nothing else will select CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK
> now.
> 
> My first try would be this one:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> index 9e631952b86f..8042a7626056 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/Kconfig
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ config TI_CPSW
>  config TI_CPTS
>   bool "TI Common Platform Time Sync (CPTS) Support"
>   depends on TI_CPSW || TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP
> - depends on PTP_1588_CLOCK
> + depends on POSIX_TIMERS
>   ---help---
>    This driver supports the Common Platform Time Sync unit of
>    the CPSW Ethernet Switch and Keystone 2 1g/10g Switch Subsystem.
> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ config TI_CPTS_MOD
>   tristate
>   depends on TI_CPTS
>   default y if TI_CPSW=y || TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP=y
> + imply PTP_1588_CLOCK
>   default m
> 
>  config TI_KEYSTONE_NETCP

Yup this produces a booting .config for me:

Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>

Regards,

Tony