linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/firmware: make efi/esrt.c driver explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Wed, 26 Aug 2015 18:11:28 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/firmware: make efi/esrt.c driver explicitly
 non-modular

On Tue, 25 Aug, at 07:00:48PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig for this driver is currently hidden with:
> 
> config EFI_ESRT
>         bool
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
> 
> We leave some tags like MODULE_AUTHOR for documentation purposes.
> 
> We don't replace module.h with init.h since the file already has that.
> 
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
> Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Looks good to me. I know Peter is on vacation right now, so I'm still
expecting a response from him. In the meantime, I'll queue this up in
the EFI 'next' branch. Thanks!

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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