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

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Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:08:06 +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, 10:36, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I don't consider that a bug: a module with just an init function and
> no exit function can be loaded once and never unloaded, which is not
> nice for debugging, but is otherwise fully functional.

For me, there are two essential things that a module has to support:
- hotplug, which is just fine.
- hot-unplug, which will pass as well, but without freeing resources..

:)

-- 
viresh
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