linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: revert "fix TODO to compile spi and sdio components in single module"

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Message-ID: <20180910181259.2cbe6b8d@ajaysk-VirtualBox>
Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:12:59 +0530
From:   Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com>
To:     gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        driverdevel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>, <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: revert "fix TODO to compile spi and
 sdio components in single module"

On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:21:10 +0200
gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 04:08:36PM +0530, Ajay Singh wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:43:35 +0200
> > gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >   
> > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:34:27AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:  
> > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 7:22 AM Ajay Singh
> > > > <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com> wrote:  
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Arnd,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:20:33 +0200
> > > > > Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > > > >  
> > > > > > The TODO item named "make spi and sdio components coexist
> > > > > > in one build" was apparently addressed a long time ago, but
> > > > > > never removed from the TODO file. However, the new patch
> > > > > > that tries to address it actually makes it worse again by
> > > > > > duplicating the common parts of the driver into two
> > > > > > separate modules rather than sharing them. This also
> > > > > > introduces a build regression when one of the two is
> > > > > > built-in while the other is a loadable module:  
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for sharing your inputs and submitting patch.
> > > > > I have also submitted a patch to address the compilation
> > > > > error[1]. We can ignore my patch and proceed with your
> > > > > changes.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1].https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10563873/  
> > > > 
> > > > That patch seems useful regardless, as it removes dead code,
> > > > but I'd still prefer to revert staging-linusthe 9abc44ba4e2f
> > > > ("staging: wilc1000: fix TODO to compile spi and sdio
> > > > components in single module") commit for the other reasons I
> > > > explained.  
> > > 
> > > I agree, I'll queue it up soon, I have other patches to get to
> > > Linus first.
> > >   
> > 
> > This patch is applied only to 'staging-linus' in commit f45b893 and
> > it's not applied to 'staging-testing/next' tree. 
> > Please apply this patch to 'staging-next' tree also. Because I have
> > one patch to submit on top of these changes to delete the
> > 'wilc_debug.c' unused file.  
> 
> I will merge the staging-linus branch into staging-testing once Linus
> pulls them in.  Should happen next Monday or so.  You can send me
> patches that build on top of this now, I'll just wait until then to
> apply them to my tree.

Thanks Greg.

Sure, I will send the patch set build on top of this.

Regards,
Ajay