[PATCH v3 06/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt7986: Enable module build support

From: Justin Yeh

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 21:45:56 EST


Add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") macro and change Kconfig option from
bool to tristate to allow building as a loadable kernel module.

This is required for Android GKI + vendor_dlkm deployments where
vendor-specific drivers must be kept separate from the GKI vmlinux.

Fixes: 360de6728064 ("pinctrl: mediatek: add support for MT7986 SoC")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt7986.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
index b16e93b0afdf..af59d2f67cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ config PINCTRL_MT7981
select PINCTRL_MTK_MOORE

config PINCTRL_MT7986
- bool "MediaTek MT7986 pin control"
+ tristate "MediaTek MT7986 pin control"
depends on OF
depends on ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
default ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt7986.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt7986.c
index 5dda4b7467fd..6b6e3ecdc26e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt7986.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt7986.c
@@ -1009,3 +1009,6 @@ static int __init mt7986b_pinctrl_init(void)

arch_initcall(mt7986a_pinctrl_init);
arch_initcall(mt7986b_pinctrl_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT7986 Pinctrl Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.45.2