Hi Fabrice, Fabrice Gasnier schreef op wo 18-03-2015 om 09:49 [+0100]: > On 03/16/2015 04:11 PM, Paul Bolle wrote: > >> +config PCI_ST > >> + bool "ST PCIe controller" > > You add a bool Kconfig symbol. A week or two ago I saw some patches fly > > by that - I think - allowed PCIe controllers to be built modular. > > Thanks for your review. > > Are you talking about "PCI: Export symbols of PCI functions" patch, that > is part of a series > named "pci: iproc: Add Broadcom iProc PCIe support" ? Yes, that is the series I was thinking about. (I made you search lkml, and that was a bit rude. But you found the patch anyhow.) > This controller doesn't look like to be based on pcie-designware core > driver. > Other vendors that are using "pcie-designware" core driver are also make > it bool. > The current core driver doesn't support module loading/unloading as I > see it. > If this is required, I also think this should be part of another patchset. > > What do you think ? I wouldn't know whether your driver might work as a loadable module, but other people reading this surely will. But if it can't work as a module you should drop all the module related macros etc. I spotted. Because then they serve no purpose. Paul Bolle -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
