[PATCH v3 17/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt8516: Enable module build support

From: Justin Yeh

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 21:47:30 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: 264667112ef0 ("pinctrl: mediatek: Add MT8516 Pinctrl driver")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8516.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
index 5cbdb7d8597d..b92a3718d451 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ config PINCTRL_MT8365
select PINCTRL_MTK

config PINCTRL_MT8516
- bool "MediaTek MT8516 pin control"
+ tristate "MediaTek MT8516 pin control"
depends on OF
depends on ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
default ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8516.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8516.c
index 68d6638e7f4b..94de038026a3 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8516.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8516.c
@@ -343,3 +343,6 @@ static int __init mtk_pinctrl_init(void)
return platform_driver_register(&mtk_pinctrl_driver);
}
arch_initcall(mtk_pinctrl_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT8516 Pinctrl Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.45.2