RE: [PATCH V3 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built as module

Anson Huang
2020-06-11T08:31:42Z

> Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built as module
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> > Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built
> > as module
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> > > From: Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@nxp.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:21 PM
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> > > There are more and mroe requirements that SoC specific modules
> > > should be built as module in order to support generic kernel image,
> > > such as Android GKI concept.
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> > > This patch series supports i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers to be built as
> > > module, including i.MX8MQ/MM/MN/MP/QXP/QM/DXL SoCs, and it also
> > > supports building i.MX common pinctrl driver and i.MX SCU common
> > > pinctrl driver as module.
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> > This patch series also changed the driver initcall level from
> > arch_initcall to module_init.
> > Maybe you could provide some test information to help the reviewer to
> > better understand the change impact.
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> There are still some more changes in V4 I just sent out, which is to cover
> various config combination, will add test info in next version.

I will keep the arch_initcall() there in next version patch series, it can make sure the
change does NOT impact built-in config. For module build, the arch_initcall() will
be same as module_init(), user needs to insmod the .ko with correct sequence.

Anson