linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/11] mfd: wm8400-core: Make it explicitly non-modular

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Message-ID: <20181122092951.GI16508@imbe.wolfsonmicro.main>
Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2018 09:29:51 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
CC:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] mfd: wm8400-core: Make it explicitly non-modular

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:32:59PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_WM8400
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool "Wolfson Microelectronics WM8400"
> 
> ...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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Finally a function is renamed to remove word "module" in order to
> possibly remove any confusion.
> 
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: patches@...nsource.cirrus.com
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>

Thanks,
Charles