linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] drivers/gpio: make gpio-pl061.c explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:40:06 +0300
From:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] drivers/gpio: make gpio-pl061.c explicitly
 non-modular

Hi Paul,

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 11:44:46AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig for this driver is currently:
> 
> config GPIO_PL061
>         bool "PrimeCell PL061 GPIO support"
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> Lets remove the couple traces of modularity, so that when reading the
> driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular
> case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit.
> 
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> was (or is now) contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
> Cc: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Acked-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>

Thanks,
baruch

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