On Mon, 2016-07-18 at 03:35 +0000, Tan, Jui Nee wrote:
>
> >
> > +
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >
> > ...the above is the only modular "use" that I can find. So is the
> > tristate bogus? Without a module_init and a module_exit I am
> > confused....
> >
> > I just finished an audit of arch/x86 for bogus uses of module.h so
> > I'd like to
> > ensure we don't add more.
It's a library that can be used as module. My concern is memory
footprint of non-used libraries and modules. I prefer to let module be
tristate until it's proved that it can't be.
> P2SB could be "bool" instead of tristate.
> My concern is if LPC_ICH built as module and not loaded, P2SB might
> consume memory when P2SB is not being used.
> What do you think? If that's ok for you, my next patch will be
> something like
> this:
> ...
> config P2SB
> bool
> depends on PCI
> ...
> In p2sb.c, module.h header file will be removed as well.
> Hi Andy, please provide your comments and/or concerns if any. Thanks.
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Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Intel Finland Oy
