From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Timur Tabi <b04825@freescale.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: warnings from drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:06:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120224220623.GA29400@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F48086C.5010407@freescale.com>
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 04:00:12PM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > Sure, something like that is fine, but if the code really can't be a
> > module, why not just fix the Kconfig file to enforce this properly
> > instead?
>
> That's the simplest approach, for use. The TTY portion of the driver can
> be used as a module. Is there any real value in loading a TTY driver as a
> module?
Depends on the hardware it supports :)
> In this case, the console support for byte channels would not be
> available.
Then it doesn't make sense, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-24 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-19 20:23 warnings from drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c Stephen Rothwell
2012-02-20 13:24 ` Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-02-24 21:50 ` gregkh
2012-02-24 22:00 ` Timur Tabi
2012-02-24 22:06 ` gregkh [this message]
2012-02-24 22:15 ` Timur Tabi
2012-02-24 22:19 ` gregkh
2012-02-24 23:25 ` Scott Wood
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2012-02-19 20:07 Stephen Rothwell
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