linux-kernel - RE: Re: [PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module

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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 09:46:37 +0000
From: Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@....com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
CC: "linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 5:06 PM
> To: Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@....com>
> Cc: linus.walleij@...aro.org; linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@....com> wrote:
> >
> > Change the config to a tristate type and add a module license to
> > support building it as a module.
> >
> 
> I can tell what the patch is doing from the diff. I'm much more interested in why
> this change is needed.
I am building the vf610 driver as a module for use on the Android platform because the Android kernel (GKI) doesn't
contain board-specific drivers, it requires that these drivers be built as a module and loaded into the system.

BRs
Jindong
> 
> Bart