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Message-ID: <20181203150756.GA23156@windriver.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 10:07:56 -0500
From:   Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>,
        Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/22] mfd: sta2x11: drop unused MODULE_ tags from
 non-modular code

[Re: [PATCH 12/22] mfd: sta2x11: drop unused MODULE_ tags from non-modular code] On 03/12/2018 (Mon 11:14) Lee Jones wrote:

> 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.

[...]

> > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> 
> I think you should add some of the driver developers.

Fair point, but note that get_maintainers doesn't list any developers,
and neither of the driver authors put an e-mail address in the driver.

   
   $ gm drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c
   ------------------------------------------------------
   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> (supporter:MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES (MFD))
   linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
   ------------------------------------------------------
   Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
   Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
   ------------------------------------------------------
   $ 

Looking in git history, I was able to find two e-mail, but one hasn't
been used in 5+ years, so hopefully it is still active.  I have added
both to the Cc: of this e-mail and added them to the commit below.

Alessandro, Davide - you can find additional context regarding why we
are making these changes in the [00/22] e-mail that can be found here:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1543811009-15112-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com/

Thanks,
Paul.

--

>From 34742ffbf343abca07f9d0d680ebfebaedd993c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:46:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] mfd: sta2x11: drop unused MODULE_ tags from non-modular code

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.

Also note that MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code.

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>
Cc: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>
Cc: Davide Ciminaghi <ciminaghi@...dd.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c b/drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c
index 3aeafa228baf..cab9aabcaa1f 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/sta2x11-mfd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /*
+ * STA2x11 mfd for GPIO, SCTL and APBREG
+ *
  * Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Wind River Systems, Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2011 ST Microelectronics (Alessandro Rubini, Davide Ciminaghi)
  *
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
@@ -653,8 +656,3 @@ static int __init sta2x11_mfd_init(void)
  */
 subsys_initcall(sta2x11_drivers_init);
 rootfs_initcall(sta2x11_mfd_init);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Wind River");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("STA2x11 mfd for GPIO, SCTL and APBREG");
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, sta2x11_mfd_tbl);
-- 
2.7.4