linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: make artpec6 explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdY4+Q-ACpssSiYQRUQKo5hGcHfKjMFgmkP=yKa+XgH=ZA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:29:05 +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>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
        Lars Persson <lars.persson@...s.com>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...s.com,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: make artpec6 explicitly non-modular

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig:config PINCTRL_ARTPEC6
> drivers/pinctrl/Kconfig:        bool "Axis ARTPEC-6 pin controller 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.
>
> 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: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
> Cc: Lars Persson <lars.persson@...s.com>
> Cc: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...s.com>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...s.com
> Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Patch applied with Jesper's ACK.

Yours,
Linus Walleij