linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] base: soc: Export soc_device_to

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Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:27:41 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-realtek-soc@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] base: soc: Export soc_device_to_device() helper

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 05:56:09AM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Use of soc_device_to_device() in driver modules causes a build failure.
> Given that the helper is nicely documented in include/linux/sys_soc.h,
> let's export it as GPL symbol.

I thought we were fixing the soc drivers to not need this.  What
happened to that effort?  I thought I had patches in my tree (or
someone's tree) that did some of this work already, such that this
symbol isn't needed anymore.

thanks,

greg k-h