[PATCH v2 15/32] pinctrl: mediatek: mt8196: Enable module build support

Justin Yeh justin.yeh at mediatek.com
Thu Jun 25 18:31:41 PDT 2026


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: f7a29377c253 ("pinctrl: mediatek: Add pinctrl driver on mt8196")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh at mediatek.com>
---
 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 00fb05dc742c..7bb9cb15dfba 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ 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..502fd985e2ff 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");
-- 
2.45.2




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