linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/1] Clocksource: Move the Hyper-V clocksource driver out of staging

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1105232116140.3078@ionos>
Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 21:17:39 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
cc:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"johnstul@...ibm.com" <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Clocksource: Move the Hyper-V clocksource driver
 out of staging

On Mon, 23 May 2011, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> > > +module_init(init_hv_clocksource);
> > > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HyperV based clocksource");
> > > +MODULE_AUTHOR("K. Y. Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@...ell.com>");
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > 
> > Why do we need to build this as a module?
> 
> No particular reason. This is the way, I had it in the staging directory.
> Do you want me to build this as part of the kernel? I would then not have
> to worry about auto-loading issues.

If we get rid of the DMI/PCI stuff then the whole module code is
larger than the real code. So no point in building it modular, just
make it depend on CONFIG_WHATEVER_MEANS_HYPERV

Thanks,

	tglx
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