linux-kernel - Re: [2/3] powerpc: make kernel/nvram

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Message-Id: <3qk8fN6mWpz9t57@ozlabs.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 22:35:08 +1000 (AEST)
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [2/3] powerpc: make kernel/nvram_64.c explicitly non-modular

On Sun, 2016-27-03 at 22:08:16 UTC, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Makefile/Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)             += setup_64.o sys_ppc32.o \
>                                    signal_64.o ptrace32.o \
>                                    paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o
> 
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype:config PPC64
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype: bool "64-bit kernel"
> 
> ...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.
...
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c0c523897d1f83bc8484cb58d1

cheers