Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v17 03/15] net: phy: Introduce PHY ports representation

From: kernel test robot <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:48:59 +0800

Hi Maxime,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on net-next/main]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Maxime-Chevallier/dt-bindings-net-Introduce-the-ethernet-connector-description/20251120-041558
base:   net-next/main
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251119195920.442860-4-maxime.chevallier%40bootlin.com
patch subject: [PATCH net-next v17 03/15] net: phy: Introduce PHY ports representation
config: powerpc64-randconfig-r133-20251120 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251121/[email-masked]/config)
compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.5.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251121/[email-masked]/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email-masked]>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email-masked]/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> net/ethtool/common.c:463:12: sparse: sparse: symbol 'ethtool_link_medium_names' was not declared. Should it be static?

vim +/ethtool_link_medium_names +463 net/ethtool/common.c

   462	
 > 463	const char ethtool_link_medium_names[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
   464		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASET] = "BaseT",
   465		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEK] = "BaseK",
   466		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASES] = "BaseS",
   467		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEC] = "BaseC",
   468		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEL] = "BaseL",
   469		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASED] = "BaseD",
   470		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEE] = "BaseE",
   471		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEF] = "BaseF",
   472		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEV] = "BaseV",
   473		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_BASEMLD] = "BaseMLD",
   474		[ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_NONE] = "None",
   475	};
   476	static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(ethtool_link_medium_names) == __ETHTOOL_LINK_MEDIUM_LAST);
   477	

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