Re: [PATCH 3/6] mfd: intel_msic: Make it explicitly non-modular

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_INTEL_MSIC
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig:    bool "Intel MSIC
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.
> 
> Lets remove the couple instances of module references, so that
> when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only.
> 
> Since module_platform_driver() uses the same init level priority as
> builtin_platform_driver() the init ordering remains unchanged with
> this commit.
> 
> We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information
> is already contained at the top of the file in the comments.
> 
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/intel_msic.c | 9 ++-------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/intel_msic.c b/drivers/mfd/intel_msic.c
> index 25d486c543cb..2017446c5b4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/intel_msic.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/intel_msic.c
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/gpio.h>
>  #include <linux/io.h>
> -#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/mfd/core.h>
>  #include <linux/mfd/intel_msic.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> @@ -449,9 +449,4 @@ static struct platform_driver intel_msic_driver = {
>  		.name	= "intel_msic",
>  	},
>  };
> -
> -module_platform_driver(intel_msic_driver);
> -
> -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Intel MSIC");
> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +builtin_platform_driver(intel_msic_driver);

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Lee Jones
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