linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: make sun5i explicitly non-modular

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:29:07 +0100
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>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: sunxi: make sun5i explicitly non-modular

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:17 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> We had all these corrected in commit 0c8c6ba00cbf ("pinctrl: sunxi:
> make bool drivers explicitly non-modular") but this new one recently
> crept in.
>
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
>    drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/Kconfig:config PINCTRL_SUN5I
>    drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/Kconfig:  def_bool MACH_SUN5I
>
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
>
> Lets remove the couple traces of modular infrastructure use, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> Since module_platform_driver() uses the same init level priority as
> builtin_platform_driver() the init ordering remains unchanged with
> this commit.
>
> 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: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
> Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij