[PATCH v3 22/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt8127: Enable module build support

From: Justin Yeh

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 21:46:53 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: 6acdee8c1325 ("pinctrl: mediatek: add pinctrl/GPIO/EINT driver for mt8127")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
index d1fcd06593b4..4a6bcea05dbb 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ config PINCTRL_MT8135
select PINCTRL_MTK

config PINCTRL_MT8127
- bool "MediaTek MT8127 pin control"
+ tristate "MediaTek MT8127 pin control"
depends on MACH_MT8127 || COMPILE_TEST
depends on OF
default MACH_MT8127
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c
index f5030a9ea40b..35f4951e50d0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8127.c
@@ -307,3 +307,6 @@ static int __init mtk_pinctrl_init(void)
return platform_driver_register(&mtk_pinctrl_driver);
}
arch_initcall(mtk_pinctrl_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT8127 Pinctrl Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.45.2