linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: android: allow building some drivers as a module

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Message-ID: <20150810210318.GA10379@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:03:18 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...il.com>
Cc:	Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: android: allow building some drivers as a
 module

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:10:37PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:24:15AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> These patches enable building of timed_gpio, sync* and ashmem as a module
> >
> > Why do you want to do this?
> 
> Apparently I've misread "- make sure things build as modules properly"
> line in drivers/staging/android/TODO...
> My bad.

Nope, not your fault, I forgot about that.  We should remove that TODO
item, as it doesn't make sense for these "non-discoverable" modules to
be built as a module.

Care to make a patch for that?

thanks,

greg k-h
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