linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V3 1/4] gpio: mxc: Support module build

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Message-ID: <AM6PR04MB49664C2695E5C428F04CE92180040@AM6PR04MB4966.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:04:49 +0000
From:   Aisheng Dong <aisheng.dong@....com>
To:     Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>,
        "shawnguo@...nel.org" <shawnguo@...nel.org>
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        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 1/4] gpio: mxc: Support module build

Hi Shawn,

> From: Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 7:36 PM
> 
> Hi, Shawn
> 
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/4] gpio: mxc: Support module build
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@....com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Change config to tristate, add module device table, module author,
> > > description and license to support module build for i.MX GPIO driver.
> > >
> > > As this is a SoC GPIO module, it provides common functions for most
> > > of the peripheral devices, such as GPIO pins control, secondary
> > > interrupt controller for GPIO pins IRQ etc., without GPIO driver,
> > > most of the peripheral devices will NOT work properly, so GPIO
> > > module is similar with clock, pinctrl driver that should be loaded
> > > ONCE and never unloaded.
> > >
> > > Since MXC GPIO driver needs to have init function to register
> > > syscore ops once, here still use subsys_initcall(), NOT
> module_platform_driver().
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@....com>
> >
> > This patch (1) applied to the GPIO tree.
> > Please apply the rest through the ARM SoC tree!
> >
> 
> Could you please help pick the rest patch of this series? Otherwise, the i.MX
> GPIO driver will NOT be enabled by default and it will block kernel boot.

This blocked a huge number of i.MX boards booting with latest linux-next kernel.
Would you help pick it ASAP?

Regards
Aisheng

> 
> Thanks,
> Anson