linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250

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Message-ID: <20150811060544.GJ9751@windriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:05:44 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Joachim Eastwood <manabian@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250_lpc18xx.c explicitly
 non-modular

[Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250_lpc18xx.c explicitly non-modular] On 10/08/2015 (Mon 20:42) Joachim Eastwood wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> On 9 August 2015 at 02:51, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
> > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> >
> > 8250/Kconfig:config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
> > 8250/Kconfig:        bool "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
> >
> > ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> >
> > Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> > when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> The bool in KConfig is more or less a copy-paste mistake on my side. I
> really meant for this driver to be buildable as module and it builds
> just fine with 'm'.
> 
> Want me send a patch changing it to tristate or will you handle it?

I will do a v2 in the next day or so with collected ACKs and this patch
replaced, unless Greg jumps in and indicates he'd like something
different.

Paul.
--

> 
> 
> regards, Joachim Eastwood
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