Re: [PATCH 1/2] irqchip: irq-meson-gpio: make it possible to build as a module

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon May 24 2021 - 06:11:33 EST


On Fri, 21 May 2021 10:47:48 +0100,
Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 19:23, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > In order to reduce the kernel Image size on multi-platform distributions,
> > > make it possible to build the Amlogic GPIO IRQ controller as a module
> > > by switching it to a platform driver.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Tested as a module on meson-sm1-khadas-vim3l where the wired networking
> > uses GPIO IRQs.
> >
>
> Good morning Neil, Kevin,
>
> What happened to this set in the end? I still don't see it in Mainline.

Last time I tried this patch, it broke my test setup in non-obvious
ways. Has someone checked that the issue I reported back then has been
resolved now that fw_devlink is more usable?

Thanks,

M.

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