linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: fsl: make it explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <ac420439-8ee5-397f-aa2b-c530680685d9@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:48:38 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: fsl: make it explicitly non-modular



On 16/11/16 16:39, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/soc/fsl/Kconfig:config FSL_GUTS
> drivers/soc/fsl/Kconfig:   bool
>
> ...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.
>
> Cc: Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
> Cc: Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> ---

I saw Paul Gortmaker had sent similar patch on Nov 15, so drop/ignore this.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep