linux-kernel - Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build

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Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:55:36 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Pi-Cheng Chen <pi-cheng.chen@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build

On 11-09-15, 10:22, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> In my approach, I decided to allow the driver to be a module, as that
> seems nicer for multi_v7_defconfig, but I now see that there are
> several other drivers that can only be built-in, so if we decided to
> make that the general strategy we should change them all.

And we need to do that with a proper module_exit() function, otherwise
we are really adding a BUG. Which you just did with your patch :)

-- 
viresh
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