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net: b44: always select CONFIG_FIXED_PHY
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:49:19 +0000 (16:49 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:47:14 +0000 (17:47 -0700)
commit3f0f591b44b04a77ff561676ae53fcfd7532a54c
tree41b46e78221265d710fc0c34634a9614debb021c
parent1065913dedfd3a8269816835bfe810b6e2c28579
net: b44: always select CONFIG_FIXED_PHY

When CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=m but CONFIG_B44=y, the kernel fails to link:

ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: fixed_phy_unregister
>>> referenced by b44.c
>>>               drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.o:(b44_remove_one) in archive vmlinux.a

ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: fixed_phy_register_100fd
>>> referenced by b44.c
>>>               drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.o:(b44_register_phy_one) in archive vmlinux.a

The fixed phy support is small enough that just always enabling it
for b44 is the simplest solution, and it avoids adding ugly #ifdef
checks.

Fixes: 10d2f15afba2 ("net: b44: register a fixed phy using fixed_phy_register_100fd if needed")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260320154927.674555-1-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Kconfig