linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/19] serdev: ttydev: Serdev driver that creates an standard TTY port

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jun 2018 16:42:18 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/19] serdev: ttydev: Serdev driver that creates an
 standard TTY port

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
<ricardo.ribalda@...il.com> wrote:
> Standard TTY port that can be loaded/unloaded via serdev sysfs. This
> serdev driver can only be used by serdev controllers that are compatible
> with ttyport.

> +config SERIAL_DEV_CTRL_TTYDEV
> +       tristate "TTY port dynamically loaded by the Serial Device Bus"
> +       help
> +         Say Y here if you want to create a bridge driver between the Serial
> +         device bus and the TTY chardevice. This driver can be dynamically
> +         loaded/unloaded by the Serial Device Bus.
> +
> +         If unsure, say Y.
> +       depends on SERIAL_DEV_CTRL_TTYPORT

> +       default m

Hmm... Can't we survive w/o this by default?

> +static int __init ttydev_serdev_init(void)
> +{
> +       return serdev_device_driver_register(&ttydev_serdev_driver);
> +}
> +module_init(ttydev_serdev_init);
> +
> +static void __exit ttydev_serdev_exit(void)
> +{
> +       return serdev_device_driver_unregister(&ttydev_serdev_driver);
> +}
> +module_exit(ttydev_serdev_exit);

Isn't above is just a macro in serdev.h?
I.e. module_serdev_device_driver().

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko