Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: wangxun: move PHYLINK dependency

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:21:44 +0000

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:35:42PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <[email-masked]>
> 
> The LIBWX library code is what calls into phylink, so any user of
> it has to select CONFIG_PHYLINK at the moment, with NGBEVF missing this:
> 
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.o: in function `wx_nway_reset':
> wx_ethtool.c:(.text+0x613): undefined reference to `phylink_ethtool_nway_reset'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.o: in function `wx_get_link_ksettings':
> wx_ethtool.c:(.text+0x62b): undefined reference to `phylink_ethtool_ksettings_get'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.o: in function `wx_set_link_ksettings':
> wx_ethtool.c:(.text+0x643): undefined reference to `phylink_ethtool_ksettings_set'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.o: in function `wx_get_pauseparam':
> wx_ethtool.c:(.text+0x65b): undefined reference to `phylink_ethtool_get_pauseparam'
> x86_64-linux-ld: drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_ethtool.o: in function `wx_set_pauseparam':
> wx_ethtool.c:(.text+0x677): undefined reference to `phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam'
> 
> Add the 'select PHYLINK' line in the libwx option directly so this will
> always be enabled for all current and future wangxun drivers, and remove
> the now duplicate lines.
> 
> Fixes: a0008a3658a3 ("net: wangxun: add ngbevf build")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email-masked]>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <[email-masked]>

Thanks!

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