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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ath9k: fix build error with LEDS_CLASS=m
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> When CONFIG_ATH9K is built-in but LED support is in a loadable
> module, both ath9k drivers fails to link:
>
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.o: in function `ath_deinit_leds':
> gpio.c:(.text+0x36): undefined reference to `led_classdev_unregister'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/gpio.o: in function `ath_init_leds':
> gpio.c:(.text+0x179): undefined reference to `led_classdev_register_ext'
>
> The problem is that the 'imply' keyword does not enforce any dependency
> but is only a weak hint to Kconfig to enable another symbol from a
> defconfig file.
>
> Change imply to a 'depends on LEDS_CLASS' that prevents the incorrect
> configuration but still allows building the driver without LED support.
>
> The 'select MAC80211_LEDS' is now ensures that the LED support is
> actually used if it is present, and the added Kconfig dependency
> on MAC80211_LEDS ensures that it cannot be enabled manually when it
> has no effect.
>
> Fixes: 197f466e93f5 ("ath9k_htc: Do not select MAC80211_LEDS by default")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

b64acb28da83 ath9k: fix build error with LEDS_CLASS=m

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210125113654.2408057-1-arnd@kernel.org/

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