From: Greg Bean <gbean@codeaurora.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david-b@pacbell.net,
khali@linux-fr.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] gpio: sx150x: Add Semtech I2C sx150x gpio expander driver.
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:22:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C487E62.9080106@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100722101753.c73604eb.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>> + bool "Semtech SX150x I2C GPIO expander"
>> + depends on I2C=y
>> + default n
>> + help
>> + Say yes here to provide support for Semtech SX150-series I2C
>> + GPIO expanders. Compatible models include:
>
> Just curious, not complaining, but why does this driver (and some others)
> need to be built-in instead of having the option of being built as a
> loadable module?
It's that way because it requires unexported symbols from genirq and
I2C. If this driver is allowed to be a module, it can't find the
unexported genirq symbols, and if I2C is allowed to be a module, then a
bunch of i2c_smbus stuff can't be resolved...
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-22 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-22 17:12 [PATCH v4] gpio: sx150x: Add Semtech I2C sx150x gpio expander driver Gregory Bean
2010-07-22 17:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-07-22 17:22 ` Greg Bean [this message]
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