Re: [GIT PULL] extcon for 3.11

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 09:39:13PM +0900, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> First of all, I'm so sorry about previous wrong pull-request.
> I will be careful and not to make same mistakes
> 
> This is extcon-next pull request for 3.11
> Please pull extcon with following updates.
> 
> I combined the patch of small fix and new drivers becasue
> 3.10-rc version is large.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Chanwoo Choi
> 
> The following changes since commit 317ddd256b9c24b0d78fa8018f80f1e495481a10:
> 
>   Linux 3.10-rc5 (2013-06-08 17:41:04 -0700)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chanwoo/extcon.git tags/extcon-next-for-3.11
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to f7ae906806279e5b57bfd302b945e1bcdddce95b:
> 
>   extcon: Add an API to get extcon device from dt node (2013-06-14 18:36:34 +0900)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Update extcon for 3.11
> 
> This patchset modify small fix of extcon core driver and add new extcon
> driver for Palmas device which is USB tranceiver device. Also, support
> OF helper API to get the name of extcon device(producer driver) on extcon
> consumer driver.
> 
> Detailed description for patchset:
> 1. Modify extcon-class driver
> - Change permission 'state' sysfs entry(rw->r)
> - Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for exported functions
> - Fix bug null pointer when call extcon_unregister_interest
> 
> 2. Modify Kconfig of extcon
> - Change the extcon config type to bool from module. If extcon
> is built as module and then extcon consumer driver uses API of,
> extcon, compiler happen "undefined reference to" build error.
> 
> 3. Add new extcon driver for Palmas device and OF helper API
> - Add new extcon drvier for Palmas which is USB tranceiver device
> - Add OF(Open Firmware) Helper API which is of_extcon_get_extcon_dev()
>   This helper API get the extcon device name on extcon consumer device.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Chanwoo Choi (1):
>       extcon: Change permission 'state' sysfs entry (rw -> r)
> 
> Graeme Gregory (1):
>       extcon: Palmas Extcon Driver
> 
> Jonghwa Lee (1):
>       extcon: class: Add NULL pointer checking for removing notifier block.
> 
> Kishon Vijay Abraham I (3):
>       extcon: Kconfig: Make extcon config type as bool

Why is this change made?  Why can't I have the extcon core as a module?
What changed to prevent this?

Because of this, I'm going to pick and choose from this pull, feel free
to resend what I don't take, as emails, so we can discuss them that
way...

thanks,

greg k-h