[PATCH 0/4] mfd: max77686: Allow the driver to be built as a module

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello,

The Maxim77802 PMIC driver uses a boolean Kconfig symbol but there isn't
really a reason to require the driver to be built-in.

It is true that since the PMIC provides clocks and regulators that could
be critical on a system, most integrators are not going to build it as a
module but it could be useful for multi-platform or distribution kernels
that support different systems by building as much as possible as module.

Besides this series, a patch for the max77686 regulator driver is needed
or the MFD max77686 driver module won't be installed by kbuild. I didn't
include the patch in this series to avoid cross-subsystems churn for the
maintainers and also because I don't consider that a regression since it
was not possible to build the driver as a module before anyways.

Also, all the defconfigs in mainline that enable the MFD max77686 driver
Kconfig symbol are using =y of course so it shouldn't be an issue to get
this set merged, before the max77686 regulator patch already posted [0].

[0]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8287431/

Best regards,
Javier


Javier Martinez Canillas (4):
  mfd: max77686: Add max77802 to I2C device ID table
  mfd: max77686: Use module_i2c_driver() instead of subsys initcall
  mfd: max77686: Allow driver to be built as a module
  mfd: max77686: Export OF module alias information

 drivers/mfd/Kconfig    |  4 ++--
 drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 15 +++------------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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