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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: revert "fix TODO to compile spi and sdio components in single module"
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:34:27AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 7:22 AM Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Arnd,
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:20:33 +0200
> > Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> >
> > > The TODO item named "make spi and sdio components coexist in one
> > > build" was apparently addressed a long time ago, but never removed
> > > from the TODO file. However, the new patch that tries to address it
> > > actually makes it worse again by duplicating the common parts of the
> > > driver into two separate modules rather than sharing them. This also
> > > introduces a build regression when one of the two is built-in while
> > > the other is a loadable module:
> >
> > Thanks for sharing your inputs and submitting patch.
> > I have also submitted a patch to address the compilation error[1].
> > We can ignore my patch and proceed with your changes.
> >
> > [1].https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10563873/
>
> That patch seems useful regardless, as it removes dead code,
> but I'd still prefer to revert the 9abc44ba4e2f ("staging: wilc1000:
> fix TODO to compile spi and sdio components in single module")
> commit for the other reasons I explained.

I agree, I'll queue it up soon, I have other patches to get to Linus
first.

thanks,

greg k-h

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