Re: [PATCH] reset: meson: make it possible to build as a module

[Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>]

On 2020-10-13 14:39, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> In order to reduce the kernel Image size on multi-platform distributions,
> make it possible to build the reset controller driver as a module.
> 
> This partially reverts 8290924e ("reset: meson: make it explicitly non-modular")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>
> ---
>   drivers/reset/Kconfig       | 4 ++--
>   drivers/reset/reset-meson.c | 7 ++++++-
>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/Kconfig b/drivers/reset/Kconfig
> index d9efbfd29646..ab315617565f 100644
> --- a/drivers/reset/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/reset/Kconfig
> @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ config RESET_LPC18XX
>   	  This enables the reset controller driver for NXP LPC18xx/43xx SoCs.
>   
>   config RESET_MESON
> -	bool "Meson Reset Driver" if COMPILE_TEST
> -	default ARCH_MESON
> +	tristate "Meson Reset Driver"
> +	default ARCH_MESON || COMPILE_TEST

How about an actual dependency like:

	depends on ARCH_MESON || COMPILE_TEST
	default ARCH_MESON
?

That way the option won't be presented to users where it's completely 
irrelevant, e.g. running "make oldconfig" with an x86 distro config. It 
always bugs me when I rebase a branch and have to manually confirm that 
indeed I don't want to build random drivers specific to x86/RISC-V/etc. 
SoCs for my arm64 config... ;)

Robin.

>   	help
>   	  This enables the reset driver for Amlogic Meson SoCs.
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-meson.c b/drivers/reset/reset-meson.c
> index 94d7ba88d7d2..434d5c0f877e 100644
> --- a/drivers/reset/reset-meson.c
> +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-meson.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>   #include <linux/init.h>
>   #include <linux/io.h>
>   #include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
>   #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>   #include <linux/reset-controller.h>
>   #include <linux/slab.h>
> @@ -142,4 +143,8 @@ static struct platform_driver meson_reset_driver = {
>   		.of_match_table	= meson_reset_dt_ids,
>   	},
>   };
> -builtin_platform_driver(meson_reset_driver);
> +module_platform_driver(meson_reset_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Amlogic Meson Reset Controller driver");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>