linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/22] mfd: db8500-prcmu: drop unused MODULE

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Date:   Fri, 7 Dec 2018 13:25:28 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/22] mfd: db8500-prcmu: drop unused MODULE_ tags from
 non-modular code

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:25 AM Paul Gortmaker
<paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
>
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_DB8500_PRCMU
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool "ST-Ericsson DB8500 Power Reset Control Management Unit"
>
> ...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: Mattias Nilsson <mattias.i.nilsson@...ricsson.com>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij