linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PNP: make pnpbios core explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 02:20:59 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PNP: make pnpbios core explicitly non-modular

On 7/3/2016 8:20 PM, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> config PNPBIOS
>          bool "Plug and Play BIOS support"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the couple traces of modularity, 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.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Applied, thanks!