linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] pinctrl: bcm: clean up modular vs. non-modular distinctions

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 22:11:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>, Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>,
        Sherman Yin <syin@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] pinctrl: bcm: clean up modular vs. non-modular
 distinctions


> Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> hat am 22. Mai 2017 um 22:56 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Fixups here tend to be more of a conglomerate of some of the other
> repeated/systematic ones we've seen in the earlier pinctrl cleanups.
> 
> We remove module.h from code that isn't doing anything modular at
> all;  if they have __init sections, then replace it with init.h
> 
> One driver has a .remove that would be dispatched on module_exit,
> and as that code is essentially orphaned, so we remove it.  In case
> anyone was previously doing the (pointless) unbind to get to that
> function, we disable unbind for this one driver as well.
> 
> A couple bool drivers (hence non-modular) are converted over to
> to builtin_platform_driver().
> 
> Since module_platform_driver() uses the same init level priority as
> builtin_platform_driver() the init ordering remains unchanged with
> this commit.
> 
> Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
> 
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> was (or is now) contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> Cc: Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> Cc: Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>
> Cc: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
> Cc: Sherman Yin <syin@...adcom.com>
> Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm281xx.c   | 16 ++++++++--------
>  drivers/pinctrl/bcm/pinctrl-bcm2835.c    | 20 +++-----------------

Tested-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>

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