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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:53:00 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 13/14] net: phy: qcom: deatch qca83xx PHY driver
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 03:12:18AM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/net/phy/qcom/Makefile
> index 6a68da8aaa7b..43e4d14df8ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/qcom/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/qcom/Makefile
> @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -obj-$(CONFIG_AT803X_PHY)	+= at803x.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_AT803X_PHY)	+= at803x.o common.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCA83XX_PHY)	+= qca83xx.o common.o

These PHY drivers can be built as modules. You will end up with several
modules - at803x.ko, qca83xx.ko and common.ko. You don't mark any
functions in common.c as exported, no module license, no author, no
description. common.ko is way too generic a name as well.

Please think about this more and test building these drivers as a
module.

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