RE: [PATCH 1/2] net: fec_main: Use platform_get_irq_byname_optional() to avoid error message

From: Anson Huang
Date: Thu Oct 10 2019 - 20:38:56 EST


Hi, Jakub

> On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:03:22 +0000, Anson Huang wrote:
> > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 18:15:47 +0800, Anson Huang wrote:
> > > > Failed to get irq using name is NOT fatal as driver will use index
> > > > to get irq instead, use platform_get_irq_byname_optional() instead
> > > > of
> > > > platform_get_irq_byname() to avoid below error message during
> > > > probe:
> > > >
> > > > [ 0.819312] fec 30be0000.ethernet: IRQ int0 not found
> > > > [ 0.824433] fec 30be0000.ethernet: IRQ int1 not found
> > > > [ 0.829539] fec 30be0000.ethernet: IRQ int2 not found
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 7723f4c5ecdb ("driver core: platform: Add an error message
> > > > to
> > > > platform_get_irq*()")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Hi Anson,
> > >
> > > looks like there may be some dependency which haven't landed in the
> > > networking tree yet? Because this doesn't build:
> > >
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c: In function âfec_probeâ:
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c:3561:9: error: implicit
> > > declaration of function âplatform_get_irq_byname_optionalâ; did you
> > > mean âplatform_get_irq_optionalâ? [-Werror=implicit-function-
> declaration]
> > > 3561 | irq = platform_get_irq_byname_optional(pdev, irq_name);
> > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > | platform_get_irq_optional
> > > cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> > >
> > > Could you please repost once that's resolved? Please add Andy's and
> > > Stephen's acks when reposting.
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> >
> > Sorry, I did this patch set based on linux-next tree, the below patch
> > is landing on Linux-next tree on Oct 5th, so maybe network tree is NOT sync
> with Linux-next tree?
>
> linux-next is an integration tree, which merges all development trees
> together to help with conflict resolution. Subsystem maintainers never pull
> from it.
>
> > I saw many other similar patches are already landing on Linux-next
> > tree also, so what do you suggest I should do? Or can you sync the
> > network tree with Linux-next tree first? I do NOT know the rule/schedule of
> network tree update to Linux-next.
> >
> > commit f1da567f1dc1b55d178b8f2d0cfe8353858aac19
> > Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sat Oct 5 23:04:47 2019 +0200
> >
> > driver core: platform: Add platform_get_irq_byname_optional()
>
> Hm. Looks like the commit you need is commit f1da567f1dc1 ("driver core:
> platform: Add platform_get_irq_byname_optional()") and it's currently in
> Greg's tree. You have to wait for that commit to make its way into Linus'es
> main tree and then for Dave Miller to pull from Linus.
>
> I'd suggest you check if your patches builds on the net tree:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git
>
> once a week. My guess is it'll probably take two weeks or so for Greg's
> patches to propagate to Dave.

Thanks for explanation of how these trees work, so could you please wait the necessary
patch landing on network tree then apply this patch series, thanks for help.

Anson.