linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/19] pinctrl: imx7d: make it explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbAQ0U097bjBZ_0h+nT9F4QP83z7WM7X4WZwCet53Og2Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:53:20 +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>,
	Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@...escale.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/19] pinctrl: imx7d: make it explicitly non-modular

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:46 AM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/pinctrl/freescale/Kconfig:config PINCTRL_IMX7D
> drivers/pinctrl/freescale/Kconfig:      bool "IMX7D pinctrl driver"
>
> ...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 driver, 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: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@...escale.com>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij