linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: wm8994: Ensure that the whole MFD is built into a single module

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Message-ID: <CALeDE9MFWR45P_gXsqicU-874uKMuO8HQt0773tqTCmYYRnuBQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:18:24 +0000
From:	Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	lee.jones@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: wm8994: Ensure that the whole MFD is built into a
 single module

Sorry for the delay in confirmation that it works.

Tested-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Charles Keepax
<ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> The MFD part of wm8994 consists of three files wm8994-core.c,
> wm8994-irq.c and wm8994-regmap.c only wm8994-core.c has a
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION / LICENSE. These were clearly intended to be built
> as a single module, but currently are not. This will lead to a tainted
> kernel when loading modules for wm8894-irq.c and wm8994-regmap.c because
> are missing a license.
>
> This patch fixes this issue by grouping the three files together into a
> single module.
>
> Reported-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/Makefile |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Makefile b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> index a8b76b8..99f93ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ wm8350-objs                   := wm8350-core.o wm8350-regmap.o wm8350-gpio.o
>  wm8350-objs                    += wm8350-irq.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_WM8350)       += wm8350.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_WM8350_I2C)   += wm8350-i2c.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_WM8994)       += wm8994-core.o wm8994-irq.o wm8994-regmap.o
> +wm8994-objs                    := wm8994-core.o wm8994-irq.o wm8994-regmap.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_WM8994)       += wm8994.o
>
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TPS6105X)         += tps6105x.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TPS65010)         += tps65010.o
> --
> 1.7.2.5
>
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