Re: [linux-next:master 11606/12643] arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: arch/arm/mach-pxa/devices.o:undefined reference to `gpio_set_wake'

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 02:42:06PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2024, at 05:38, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >> One more thing I noticed: if you are doing more patches
> >> to convert devices in board files to use software nodes,
> >> we should probably try to move them away from static
> >> platform_device definitions towards a dynamic
> >> platform_device_register_simple() or similar interface
> >> at the same time.
> >
> > Sometimes platform_device_register_full() which operates on
> > platform_device_info structure is very handy, but in general
> > what is the issue with statically defined devices (when they
> > are never unregistered)?
> 
> Greg has been asking for this for many years, but it has
> been unrealistic in the past because of the large number
> of board files using static platform devices. As far as I
> understand it, having static platform devices prevents us
> from better enforcing lifetime management rules on device
> objects. Adding Greg to Cc in case he has something to add.

Not much more to add other than "please don't do that."

thanks,

greg k-h