linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] drivers/gpio: make gpio-tps65910.c explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYhBpsR+10h0_HdX6qmNvs9tuRFZLTYy7ZVCAgGj_VhgA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 15:27:04 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Graeme Gregory <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Jorge Eduardo Candelaria <jedu@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] drivers/gpio: make gpio-tps65910.c explicitly non-modular

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:49 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/gpio/Kconfig:config GPIO_TPS65910
> drivers/gpio/Kconfig:   bool "TPS65910 GPIO"
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> Since module_init was not in use by this code, the init ordering
> remains unchanged with this commit.
>
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
> Cc: Graeme Gregory <gg@...mlogic.co.uk>
> Cc: Jorge Eduardo Candelaria <jedu@...mlogic.co.uk>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij