linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mmc: au1xmmc: force non-modular build and remove symbol

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Message-ID: <CAOLZvyGAahsfqS0yMZDaHNVxLBC9QxKGEdW1TRfM_EgieCeORQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 09:12:37 +0200
From:   Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>,
        Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mmc: au1xmmc: force non-modular build and remove
 symbol_get usage

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 7:36 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> au1xmmc is split somewhat awkwardly into the main mmc subsystem driver,
> and callbacks in platform_data that sit under arch/mips/ and are
> always built in.  The latter than call mmc_detect_change through
> symbol_get.  Remove the use of symbol_get by requiring the driver
> to be built in.  In the future the interrupt handlers for card
> insert/eject detection should probably be moved into the main driver,
> and which point it can be built modular again.

The carddetection stuff is entirely system-specific, I don't want the driver
littered with board-custom stuff; I'm fine with it being built-in only.


> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1000.c |  8 +-------
>  arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1200.c | 19 ++-----------------
>  arch/mips/alchemy/devboards/db1300.c | 10 +---------
>  drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig             |  4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

Ok For me.  If it matters:

Acked-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@...il.com>

Thanks!
     Manuel