[PATCH 1/3] gpio: mxc: Support module build

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Fri Jul 17 09:44:14 EDT 2020


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 2:14 PM Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> So moving drivers to modules is good.  If a module can be removed, even
> better, but developers should not be lazy and just flat out not try at
> all to make their code unloadable if at all possible.
>
> Does that help?

Yeah it confirms my intuitive maintenance approach: developer submits
modularization patch, I will be a bit inquisitive and "can't you attempt
to make this thing unload too" and if they conclude that that is
an unfathomable effort I will likely merge it anyway as very likely
the kernel looks better after than before provided all build and test
coverage stays the same as well.

Thanks!
Linus Walleij



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