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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>,
	Ayala Beker <ayala.beker@intel.com>,
	Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around reverse dependency on MEI
Date: Tue,  7 Dec 2021 13:54:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211207125430.2423871-1-arnd@kernel.org> (raw)

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

If the iwlmei code is a loadable module, the main iwlwifi driver
cannot be built-in:

x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.o: in function `iwl_pcie_prepare_card_hw':
trans.c:(.text+0x4158): undefined reference to `iwl_mei_is_connected'

Unfortunately, Kconfig enforces the opposite, forcing the MEI driver to
not be built-in if iwlwifi is a module.

There is no easy way to express the correct dependency in Kconfig,
this is the best workaround I could come up with, turning CONFIG_IWLMEI
into a 'bool' symbol, and spelling out the exact conditions under which
it may be enabled, and then using Makefile logic to ensure it is
built-in when iwlwifi is.

A better option would be change iwl_mei_is_connected() so it could be
called from iwlwifi regardless of whether the mei driver is reachable,
but that requires a larger rework in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig      | 6 +++---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile     | 3 +--
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
index cf1125d84929..474afc6f82a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ config IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING
 	  expect incoming broadcasts for their normal operations.
 
 config IWLMEI
-	tristate "Intel Management Engine communication over WLAN"
-	depends on INTEL_MEI
+	bool "Intel Management Engine communication over WLAN"
+	depends on INTEL_MEI=y || INTEL_MEI=IWLMVM
+	depends on IWLMVM=y || IWLWIFI=m
 	depends on PM
-	depends on IWLMVM
 	help
 	  Enables the iwlmei kernel module.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
index 75a703eb1bdf..c117e105fe5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ iwlwifi-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING) += iwl-devtrace.o
 ccflags-y += -I$(src)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_IWLDVM)	+= dvm/
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMVM)	+= mvm/
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMEI)	+= mei/
+obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMVM)	+= mvm/ mei/
 
 CFLAGS_iwl-devtrace.o := -I$(src)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
index 8e3ef0347db7..98b561c3820f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-obj-$(CONFIG_IWLMEI)	+= iwlmei.o
+ifdef CONFIG_IWLMEI
+obj-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI)	+= iwlmei.o
+endif
 iwlmei-y += main.o
 iwlmei-y += net.o
 iwlmei-$(CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING) += trace.o
-- 
2.29.2


             reply	other threads:[~2021-12-07 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-07 12:54 Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2021-12-07 13:19 ` [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around reverse dependency on MEI Grumbach, Emmanuel
2021-12-07 13:25   ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-07 14:40     ` Johannes Berg
2021-12-07 14:56       ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-07 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann

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