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[2003:f6:5f01:7104:d14d:940:7ec2:ee4e]) by smtp.gmail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49981aba3e3sm4063945e9.0.2026.08.12.09.30.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200 From: Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= To: "M, Krishnamoorthi" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, broonie@kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, akshata.mukundshetty@amd.com, bleung@chromium.org, groeck@chromium.org, chrome-platform@lists.linux.dev, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, andrew@codeconstruct.com.au, linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org, openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] espi: add core bus framework Message-ID: References: <20260804115259.4065638-1-krishnamoorthi.m@amd.com> <20260804115259.4065638-2-krishnamoorthi.m@amd.com> <0f7469b8-8275-4061-b336-97cbce41ff82@amd.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2paxlrpjxbcfpa7x" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0f7469b8-8275-4061-b336-97cbce41ff82@amd.com> --2paxlrpjxbcfpa7x Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] espi: add core bus framework MIME-Version: 1.0 Hello, On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 06:20:29PM +0530, M, Krishnamoorthi wrote: > On 8/6/2026 7:01 PM, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 05:22:56PM +0530, Krishnamoorthi M wrote: > > > [...] > > > +const struct bus_type espi_bus_type =3D { > > > + .name =3D "espi", > > > + .match =3D espi_bus_match, > > > + .uevent =3D espi_bus_uevent, > > > + .probe =3D espi_bus_probe, > > > + .remove =3D espi_bus_remove, > > > +}; > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(espi_bus_type); > >=20 > > Do you really need this exported? >=20 > Yes, it is required. Controller and slave drivers built as modules refere= nce > espi_bus_type directly when registering devices. Without the export they > fail to link. I would have expected that drv->driver.bus =3D &espi_bus_type; in __espi_register_driver() is enough for drivers to not have to use that symbol directly? Best regards Uwe --2paxlrpjxbcfpa7x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEP4GsaTp6HlmJrf7Tj4D7WH0S/k4FAmp8n4YACgkQj4D7WH0S /k4Ymwf+OtbJNAPe3Ou/27KwbxJa7KENRUomWmPpgocqBVTa4ITzi7yNWHl4gAqS n5Xc9dI8tHJ49x6eepGWEp56WN4iknHSvv4VfsYY1q3IiP0BA7wHPGNtXoWIHOAa 4o7paa8rCqvUEEnsWHx6t7NgF4d9H3ByZLukSoHjbEaMGXR8k4sAoIZl6OP1zHLL sDcIp43PhG5JIYLJA+zNDa/GcsWt7GAOI61w0iEk642G+3Sp4LU4Aeml8sLnCZwv z5mEpWndwlZQ5q6u+eQBlADmahJtNTb4U9cwNydL7sdyQFKIWhpQEIlpaBbpzcKH rwtLLuNJ9v2D8mdQKMK2Yod5Qp7vCg== =HyN7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2paxlrpjxbcfpa7x--