linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] pinctrl: baytrail: make it explicitly non-modular

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 17:10:57 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] pinctrl: baytrail: make it explicitly non-modular

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 10:43:01PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> config PINCTRL_BAYTRAIL
>         bool "Intel Baytrail GPIO pin control"
> 
> ...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.
> 
> We explicitly disallow a driver unbind, since that doesn't have a
> sensible use case anyway, and it allows us to drop the ".remove"
> code for non-modular drivers.
> 
> Since module_init() was already not in use in this driver, we don't
> have any concerns with init ordering changes here.
> 
> Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.
> 
> 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: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>

Yeah, probably good thing to do. No objections from me.

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>