Re: [PATCH RFC v4 06/10] net: qualcomm: make qca_common a separate kernel module

From: Dan Williams
Date: Mon Mar 27 2017 - 11:44:45 EST


On Mon, 2017-03-27 at 15:37 +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> In order to share common functions between QCA7000 SPI and UART
> protocol
> driver the qca_common needs to be a separate kernel module.

Maybe "qca_eth_common"? There are many things Qualcomm, slightly fewer
things Qualcomm Atheros, and "qca_common" isn't very descriptive.

Dan

> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Âdrivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/KconfigÂÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂ8 +++++++-
> Âdrivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/MakefileÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂ5 +++--
> Âdrivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c | 10 ++++++++++
> Â3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
> index d7720bf..b4c369d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Kconfig
> @@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ config NET_VENDOR_QUALCOMM
> Âif NET_VENDOR_QUALCOMM
> Â
> Âconfig QCA7000
> - tristate "Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000 support"
> + tristate
> + help
> + ÂÂThis enables support for the Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000.
> +
> +config QCA7000_SPI
> + tristate "Qualcomm Atheros QCA7000 SPI support"
> + select QCA7000
> Â depends on SPI_MASTER && OF
> Â ---help---
> Â ÂÂThis SPI protocol driver supports the Qualcomm Atheros
> QCA7000.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
> index 8080570..00d8729 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/Makefile
> @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
> Â# Makefile for the Qualcomm network device drivers.
> Â#
> Â
> -obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000) += qcaspi.o
> -qcaspi-objs := qca_spi.o qca_common.o qca_7k.o qca_debug.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000) += qca_common.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_QCA7000_SPI) += qcaspi.o
> +qcaspi-objs := qca_7k.o qca_debug.o qca_spi.o
> Â
> Âobj-y += emac/
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
> index d930524..f2c9e76 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_common.c
> @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
> Â *ÂÂÂby an atheros frame while transmitted over a serial channel;
> Â */
> Â
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> Â#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> Â
> Â#include "qca_common.h"
> Â
> @@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ qcafrm_create_header(u8 *buf, u16 length)
> Â
> Â return QCAFRM_HEADER_LEN;
> Â}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_create_header);
> Â
> Âu16
> Âqcafrm_create_footer(u8 *buf)
> @@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ qcafrm_create_footer(u8 *buf)
> Â buf[1] = 0x55;
> Â return QCAFRM_FOOTER_LEN;
> Â}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_create_footer);
> Â
> Â/*ÂÂÂGather received bytes and try to extract a full ethernet frame
> by
> Â *ÂÂÂfollowing a simple state machine.
> @@ -154,3 +158,9 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle,
> u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
> Â
> Â return ret;
> Â}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcafrm_fsm_decode);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm Atheros Common");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Qualcomm Atheros Communications");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");