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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI: qcom: Add support for modular builds
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Hi Stanimir,

On 14/07/2022 15:19, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> Hi Johan,
>
> Please take a look why we made it built-in first [1].
>
> If arguments there are still valid I don't see why to make it a module
> again.
>
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/24/694

It looks like there is a move to make all non-essential drivers
buildable as modules. For example, the Kirin, dra7xx, Meson PCI
controllers are now buildable as modules. So I think we can follow that
and allow building the pcie-qcom as a module.

>
> On 5/19/22 12:46, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> Allow the Qualcomm PCIe controller driver to be built as a module, which
>> is useful for multi-platform kernels as well as during development.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>
>


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With best wishes
Dmitry

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