From: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@nxp.com>
To: Anson Huang <anson.huang@nxp.com>,
Aisheng Dong <aisheng.dong@nxp.com>,
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Cc: dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@nxp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built as module
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:49:36 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0eeb2beb-e4f1-bf53-843e-c78bc84809f3@nxp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB3PR0402MB3916AF541FC5692D00625EECF5800@DB3PR0402MB3916.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
On 11.06.2020 11:44, Anson Huang wrote:
> Hi, Daniel
>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built as module
>>
>> Hi Anson,
>>
>> Patch series mostly looks good to me. I have a comment about adding
>>
>> the MODULE_LICENSE. This is a pretty important change.
>>
>>
>> Can you please add this change in a separate patch with a proper explanation
>>
>> of why it is needed.
>>
>>
>> Most likely it is because it was forgotten in the previous patches.
> Yes, it is obviously missed in the previous patches, as previously these pinctrl drivers
> do NOT support module build at all.
>
> And MODULE_LICENSE is a MUST when drivers supporting module build, build will report failure
> if module license missed, so I think it is also part of the module build support patch,
> do you mean it is better to add a separate patch to add the MODULE_LICENSE to all pinctrl drivers missing it?
> Maybe we can get more opinion from maintainer, I am NOT very sure whether it is better to separate
> the module license as a single patch....
Hi Anson,
This is my feeling. That the first patch in the series should add the
MODULE_LICENSE to all
of files.
This keeps things simple, explains our intention with next patches.
Daniel.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 8:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-10 7:57 [PATCH V4 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built as module Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 1/9] pinctrl: imx: Support building SCU pinctrl driver " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 2/9] pinctrl: imx: Support building i.MX " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 3/9] pinctrl: imx8mm: Support building " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 4/9] pinctrl: imx8mn: " Anson Huang
2020-06-11 8:42 ` Daniel Baluta
2020-06-11 8:48 ` Anson Huang
2020-06-11 8:55 ` Daniel Baluta
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 5/9] pinctrl: imx8mq: " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 6/9] pinctrl: imx8mp: " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 7/9] pinctrl: imx8qxp: " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 8/9] pinctrl: imx8qm: " Anson Huang
2020-06-10 7:57 ` [PATCH V4 9/9] pinctrl: imx8dxl: " Anson Huang
2020-06-11 8:34 ` [PATCH V4 0/9] Support i.MX8 SoCs pinctrl drivers built " Daniel Baluta
2020-06-11 8:44 ` Anson Huang
2020-06-11 8:49 ` Daniel Baluta [this message]
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