linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: qcom: Add support for modular builds

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:05:41 +0300
From:   Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To:     Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: qcom: Add support for modular builds

Hi Stanimir,

On 14/07/2022 15:19, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> Hi Johan,
> 
> Please take a look why we made it built-in first [1].
> 
> If arguments there are still valid I don't see why to make it a module
> again.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/24/694

It looks like there is a move to make all non-essential drivers 
buildable as modules. For example, the Kirin, dra7xx, Meson PCI 
controllers are now buildable as modules. So I think we can follow that 
and allow building the pcie-qcom as a module.

> 
> On 5/19/22 12:46, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> Allow the Qualcomm PCIe controller driver to be built as a module, which
>> is useful for multi-platform kernels as well as during development.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig     |  2 +-
>>   drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> 


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry