Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: imx: Support building SCU pinctrl driver as module

[Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxx>]

On 7/16/20 6:21 PM, Anson Huang wrote:
> Hi, Daniel
>
>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinctrl: imx: Support building SCU pinctrl driver as
> > module
> >
> > Hi Anson,
> >
> > Few comments inline:
> >
> > On 7/16/20 6:06 PM, Anson Huang wrote:
> > > To support building i.MX SCU pinctrl driver as module, below things need to
> > be changed:
> > >       - Export SCU related functions and use "IS_ENABLED" instead of
> > >         "ifdef" to support SCU pinctrl driver user and itself to be
> > >         built as module;
> > >       - Use function callbacks for SCU related functions in pinctrl-imx.c
> > >         in order to support the scenario of PINCTRL_IMX is built in
> > >         while PINCTRL_IMX_SCU is built as module;
> > >       - All drivers using SCU pinctrl driver need to initialize the
> > >         SCU related function callback;
> > >       - Change PINCTR_IMX_SCU to tristate;
> > >       - Add module author, description and license.
> > >
> > > With above changes, i.MX SCU pinctrl driver can be built as module.
> >
> > There are a lot of changes here. I think it would be better to try to split them
> >
> > per functionality. One functional change per patch.
> Actually, I ever tried to split them, but the function will be broken. All the changes
> are just to support the module build. If split them, the bisect will have pinctrl
> build or function broken.

Hi Anson,


I see your point and I know that this is a very hard task to get it 
right from

the first patches.

But let me suggest at least that:

- changes in  drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c (include file and 
MODULE_ macros should go to a separate patch).


thanks

Daniel.