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

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Message-ID: <20150811181017.GA29765@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:10:17 -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 Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 04:09:28PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> I'll make, no problem.
> What about other irrelevant parts of that TODO, like, e.g.,  dead
> Brian Sweetland address? Remove them as well?

Yes, please remove that as well, good catch.

greg k-h
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