[PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module

Jindong Yue posted 1 patch 1 month ago
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drivers/gpio/Kconfig      | 2 +-
drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module
Posted by Jindong Yue 1 month ago
Change the config to a tristate type and add a
module license to support building it as a module.

Signed-off-by: Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@nxp.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/Kconfig      | 2 +-
 drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index f2c39bbff83a..17127555f582 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ config GPIO_UNIPHIER
 	  Say yes here to support UniPhier GPIOs.
 
 config GPIO_VF610
-	bool "VF610 GPIO support"
+	tristate "VF610 GPIO support"
 	default y if SOC_VF610
 	depends on ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
 	select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
index 4dad7ce0c4dc..ff2c95f03eea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
@@ -346,3 +346,5 @@ static struct platform_driver vf610_gpio_driver = {
 };
 
 builtin_platform_driver(vf610_gpio_driver);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VF610 GPIO driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
2.34.1
Re: [PATCH] gpio: vf610: Allow building as a module
Posted by Bartosz Golaszewski 1 month ago
On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@nxp.com> wrote:
>
> Change the config to a tristate type and add a
> module license to support building it as a module.
>

I can tell what the patch is doing from the diff. I'm much more
interested in why this change is needed.

Bart