linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] extcon: Remove CONFIG_EXTCON

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Message-id: <4FFF61DF.4030309@samsung.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:46:39 +0900
From:	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	myungjoo.ham@...sung.com, kyungmin.park@...sung.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extcon: Remove CONFIG_EXTCON_MODULE config to fix build
 break

On 07/13/2012 01:16 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:32:27PM +0900, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
>> This patch modify 'Kconfig' of EXTCON Subsystem to support either
>> active or inactive of EXTCON Subsystem. The various subsystem refer
>> to EXTCON subsystem for controlling external connector, so core class
>> of EXTCON should be included in kernel image. If EXTCON subsystem is
>> builded with MODULE, other subsystem have build break because of
>> linking the core class of EXTCON.
> 
> By this logic very little in the kernel should be a module.  We usually
> only force things to be built in if there's a technical need for it like
> init ordering constraints.  Generally this is just a case of making sure
> the Kconfig stuff is set up with appropriate dependencies.


As you said, I will fix it.

Thank you,
Chanwoo Choi
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