linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: tegra: joystick input in tegra

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Message-ID: <53723C96.5020203@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 09:39:02 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
CC:	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	"linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: tegra: joystick input in tegra_defconfig

On 05/12/2014 09:45 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> wrote:
>> On 05/12/2014 02:26 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>>> NVIDIA SHIELD embeds a USB controller. Compile the corresponding support
>>> as a module in tegra_defconfig.
>>
>> Why make this a module rather than built-in. Almost everything else in
>> tegra_defconfig is built-in, except brcmfmac since it doesn't handle
>> lack of firmware availability at probe time.
> 
> Goal is to minimize the image size, especially since this is not a
> feature I expect to be used much outside of SHIELD. If you prefer it
> built-in, I'm fine with it too.

Yes, built-in for everything makes most sense to me, except for code
that doesn't actually work unless it's a module.

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