Re: [PATCH 5/7] drm/sun4i: dw-hdmi: Split driver registration

From: Jernej Škrabec
Date: Fri Oct 13 2023 - 15:50:45 EST


Dne četrtek, 05. oktober 2023 ob 10:43:14 CEST je Maxime Ripard napisal(a):
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 05:07:45PM +0200, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
> > Dne ponedeljek, 25. september 2023 ob 09:47:15 CEST je Maxime Ripard napisal(a):
> > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 09:26:02PM +0200, Jernej Skrabec wrote:
> > > > There is no reason to register two drivers in same place. Using macro
> > > > lowers amount of boilerplate code.
> > >
> > > There's one actually: you can't have several module_init functions in
> > > the some module, and both files are compiled into the same module.
> >
> > Yeah, I figured as much. However, I think code clean up is good enough reason
> > to add hidden option in Kconfig and extra entry in Makefile (in v2).
> >
> > Do you agree?
>
> Yeah, I don't know. Adding more modules makes it more difficult to
> handle (especially autoloading) without a clear argument why.
> Module_init is simple enough as it is currently, maybe we should just
> add a comment to make it clearer?

I'll just drop this patch then. While I think autoloading works pretty good
these days and cleaner code is nice, it can certainly cause some issues while
packaging.

Best regards,
Jernej