Re: [PATCH, v2] allow gpiolib to be a module

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Sep 20 2012 - 02:49:00 EST


On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Without ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB there's no reason to force this code, when
> enabled, to always be built into the kernel, which requires only minor
> Makefile and source code adjustments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ryan Mallon <rmallon@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v2: Make gpiolib_init() static. Properly handle !CONFIG_DEBUG_FS case.

This is looking better to me indeed, but I definately want Grant's
consent before mergeing this, not just as primary GPIO maintainer,
but also since he's been looking a lot more into module dependencies
lately.

Ping on Grant...

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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