linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V2 3/9] clk: imx: Support building SCU clock driver as module

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:27:50 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@....com>, Aisheng Dong <aisheng.dong@....com>,
        Andy Duan <fugang.duan@....com>,
        Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>,
        Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@....com>,
        Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>,
        Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>,
        Stefan Agner <stefan.agner@...adex.com>, allison@...utok.net,
        arnd@...db.de, festevam@...il.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        info@...ux.net, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk,
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        tglx@...utronix.de, yuehaibing@...wei.com
Cc:     dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 3/9] clk: imx: Support building SCU clock driver as module

Quoting Aisheng Dong (2020-06-17 18:58:51)
> > From: Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_MXC_CLK_SCU) += mxc-clk-scu.o
> > >
> > > Like i.MX pinctrl, I'm not sure if it's really necessary to build core
> > > libraries as modules. Probably the simplest way is only building
> > > platform drivers part as module. And leave those core libraries built in kernel.
> > > This may make the code a bit cleaner.
> > >
> > 
> > Will discuss this with Linaro guys about it, previous requirement I received is all
> > SoC specific modules need to be built as module.
> > 
> 
> Okay. AFAIK it's not conflict.
> You still make drivers into modules.
> Only difference is for those common libraries part, we don't convert them into module
> Which is less meaningless.
>  

What is the benefit of making the core part of the SoC driver not a
module? From the module perspective it should be perfectly fine to make
it a module as well, and then depmod will sort out loading modules in
the right order.

This is for android right?