linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/18] mfd: wm831x-core: drop unused module infrastructure from non-modular code

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Message-ID: <20181210092605.GM16508@imbe.wolfsonmicro.main>
Date:   Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:26:05 +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 15/18] mfd: wm831x-core: drop unused module
 infrastructure from non-modular code

On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 03:11:02PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_WM831X
> 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.
> 
> Previous demodularizaion work has made wm831x_device_exit() no longer
> used, so it is also removed from the 831x core code.
> 
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
> Cc: patches@...nsource.cirrus.com
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
> ---

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

Thanks,
Charles