linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/22] mfd: wm8350-core: drop unused MODULE

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Message-ID: <20181205113959.GB16508@imbe.wolfsonmicro.main>
Date:   Wed, 5 Dec 2018 11:39:59 +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>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        <patches@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/22] mfd: wm8350-core: drop unused MODULE_ tags from
 non-modular code

On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 11:23:28PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_WM8350
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool
> 
> ...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: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 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