linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/22] mfd: sta2x11: drop unused MODULE

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Message-ID: <20181203111442.GK26661@dell>
Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 11:14:42 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/22] mfd: sta2x11: drop unused MODULE_ tags from
 non-modular code

On Sun, 02 Dec 2018, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_STA2X11
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool "STMicroelectronics STA2X11"
> 
> ...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.
> 
> We delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> We replace module.h with init.h and export.h ; the latter since the
> file does export some symbols.
> 
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

I think you should add some of the driver developers.

> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c | 10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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