[PATCH 0/4] PCI: Add support and tests for FIXUP quirks in modules

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:13:39AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:41:37AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > I see fixups in controller drivers here:
> > 
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/pci-loongson.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc-bcma.c
> > drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc.c
> > 
> > Are any of those somehow wrong?
> 
> When did we allow modular
> controller drivers anyway?  That feels like a somewhat bad idea, too.
> 

Why not? We currently only restrict the controller drivers implementing the
irqchip controller from being *removed* because of the IRQ disposal concern.
Other than that, I don't see why kernel should restrict building them as
modules.

- Mani

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