Re: [PATCH] hwrng: mxc-rnga: Drop usage of platform_driver_probe()

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Hello,

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:37:59AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> There are considerations to drop platform_driver_probe() as a concept
> that isn't relevant any more today. It comes with an added complexity
> that makes many users hold it wrong. (E.g. this driver should have mark
> the driver struct with __refdata.)
> 
> Convert the driver to the more usual module_platform_driver().
> 
> This fixes a W=1 build warning:
> 
> 	WARNING: modpost: drivers/char/hw_random/mxc-rnga: section mismatch in reference: mxc_rnga_driver+0x10 (section: .data) -> mxc_rnga_remove (section: .exit.text)
> 
> with CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_MXC_RNGA=m.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gentle ping?! Who is the one to pick up this patch (or give feedback to
it)?

I want to change modpost to emit this type of warning also for W=0
builds. For that it would be good to have this patch applied first.

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |

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