On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 12:38:00PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > [Re: [PATCH 3/6] mfd: intel_msic: Make it explicitly non-modular] On > 05/07/2016 (Tue 13:08) Mika Westerberg wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 09:25:41PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > > The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is: > > > > > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig:config MFD_INTEL_MSIC > > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig: bool "Intel MSIC" > > > > I would prefer if it could be turned to tristate instead. I don't see > > any reasons why it should only be builtin. > > If I change it to tristate, it is still impossible to choose =m for it > unless I revert your earlier commit forcing it to be built in. > > commit 15a713df4145ad2540f8d84c3f4de930806f6151 > Author: Mika Westerberg <[email protected]> > Date: Thu Jan 26 17:35:05 2012 +0000 > > x86/config: Select MSIC MFD driver on Intel Medfield platform > > On Intel Medfield platform we use MSIC MFD driver to create > necessary platform devices so it is essential to have the driver > compiled into the kernel. > > If I revert that, then it is possible to choose =m and it compiles. > (haven't completed modpost yet.. so may be missing symbols...)
I think we can revert that and make it modular. Adding Andy just in case I'm missing something obvious.
