Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

[David Miller]

From: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:45:43 +0800

> @@ -536,11 +536,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mdio_driver = {
>  	.remove = davinci_mdio_remove,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init davinci_mdio_init(void)
> -{
> -	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_mdio_driver);
> -}
> -device_initcall(davinci_mdio_init);
> +builtin_platform_driver(davinci_mdio_driver);
>  

As noted by others this is not a correct transformation, the existing
code works properly when modular.  But it will not with this change.

device_initcall() is rerouted to module_init() inside of a module
build, whereas the thing builtin_platform_driver() expands to does
not.