[PATCH v3 25/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt76x8: Enable module build support

From: Justin Yeh

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 21:47:38 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: dc6ae2057c9c ("pinctrl: ralink: move to mediatek as mtmips")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt76x8.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
index 5b762dbc10dc..19593279109d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ config PINCTRL_MT7621
select PINCTRL_MTK_MTMIPS

config PINCTRL_MT76X8
- bool "MediaTek MT76X8 pin control"
+ tristate "MediaTek MT76X8 pin control"
depends on SOC_MT7620 || COMPILE_TEST
depends on RALINK
default SOC_MT7620
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt76x8.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt76x8.c
index 2bc8d4409ca2..d4f8f9a200e4 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt76x8.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt76x8.c
@@ -247,3 +247,6 @@ static int __init mt76x8_pinctrl_init(void)
return platform_driver_register(&mt76x8_pinctrl_driver);
}
core_initcall_sync(mt76x8_pinctrl_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT76X8 Pinctrl Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.45.2