Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250_lpc18xx.c explicitly non-modular

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Tue Aug 11 2015 - 02:06:31 EST


[Re: [PATCH 5/5] drivers/tty: make serial 8250_lpc18xx.c explicitly non-modular] On 10/08/2015 (Mon 20:42) Joachim Eastwood wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> On 9 August 2015 at 02:51, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> >
> > 8250/Kconfig:config SERIAL_8250_LPC18XX
> > 8250/Kconfig: bool "NXP LPC18xx/43xx serial port support"
> >
> > ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> >
> > Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that
> > when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
>
> The bool in KConfig is more or less a copy-paste mistake on my side. I
> really meant for this driver to be buildable as module and it builds
> just fine with 'm'.
>
> Want me send a patch changing it to tristate or will you handle it?

I will do a v2 in the next day or so with collected ACKs and this patch
replaced, unless Greg jumps in and indicates he'd like something
different.

Paul.
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>
>
> regards, Joachim Eastwood
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