[PATCH v4 15/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt8196: Enable module build support

From: Justin Yeh

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 00:10:47 EST


Add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2") 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: f7a29377c253 ("pinctrl: mediatek: Add pinctrl driver on mt8196")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8196.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
index 1f02ec79be0e..73916437080e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ config PINCTRL_MT8195
select PINCTRL_MTK_PARIS

config PINCTRL_MT8196
- bool "MediaTek MT8196 pin control"
+ tristate "MediaTek MT8196 pin control"
depends on OF
depends on ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
default ARM64 && ARCH_MEDIATEK
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8196.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8196.c
index dec957c1724b..29d17af788c0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8196.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mt8196.c
@@ -1856,3 +1856,4 @@ static int __init mt8196_pinctrl_init(void)
arch_initcall(mt8196_pinctrl_init);

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek MT8196 Pinctrl Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
2.45.2