Firstly, this group of commits was chosen for the fact that they don't change anything even at a binary object file level ; they just replace module_platform_driver with builtin_platform_driver, and remove some MODULE_<blah> tags that are no-ops in code. So the regression risk is zero here. More specifically, we are doing the following to pci/host files that currently can only be built-in: -- remove the include of module.h ; replace it with init.h as req'd -- drop instances of MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE which is a no-op built-in. -- replace module_platform_driver with builtin_platform_driver, which is functionally identical once CPP has processed the source. -- drop instances of MODULE_LICENSE, MODULE_AUTHOR, MODULE_DESCRIPTION while ensuring the contained info is present in the file comments. After considering the inital version of demodularization PCI host commits[1], we did consider striving for tristate[2] on another subset of PCI host files in order to keep bzImage sizes lower on multi-platform builds, but that proved to have technical challenges well outside the scope of what we are trying to achieve here, given PCI is infrastructure code and not a case of simple endpoint drivers. In the meantime more new code copies the existing examples of bool Kconfig using modular references; further expanding the problem space. So we are just going to proceed with the demodularization as originally planned. Nothing removed here is rocket science, and can easily be restored if someone has the hardware to test on and the desire to expand functionality into the tristate realm. A more complete description of why we are doing this can be found in the original posting[1] for those that haven't seen it yet. This represents just over 1/2 the PCI drivers that have their Kconfig as bool but needlessly use modular references. The remainder do not deliver exact binary equivalence, since they delete unused __exit functions and/or unused ".remove" functions. So they are more appropriate for submission earlier in the next development window. Build tested for allmodconfig on several arch, including ARM and ARM-64 on the most recent linux-next baseline. Paul. [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1449970917-12633-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454889644-27830-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- [vs v1 in [1] above, I tweaked the subjects slightly to match the format used by most PCI commits, i.e drop the "driver/" prefix. ] Cc: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gabriele Paoloni <gabriele.paoloni@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joao Pinto <jpinto@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minghuan Lian <minghuan.Lian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mingkai Hu <mingkai.hu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@xxxxxx> Cc: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pratyush Anand <pratyush.anand@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roy Zang <tie-fei.zang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tanmay Inamdar <tinamdar@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Valentine Barshak <valentine.barshak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-tegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Paul Gortmaker (14): PCI: armada8k: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: artpec6: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: designware-plat: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: generic: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: hisi: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: keystone: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: layerscape: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: mvebu: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: rcar: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: rcar-gen2: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: tegra: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: thunder-ecam: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: thunder-pem: make it explicitly non-modular PCI: xgene: make it explicitly non-modular drivers/pci/host/pci-host-generic.c | 10 ++-------- drivers/pci/host/pci-keystone.c | 10 ++-------- drivers/pci/host/pci-layerscape.c | 10 ++-------- drivers/pci/host/pci-mvebu.c | 11 ++++------- drivers/pci/host/pci-rcar-gen2.c | 12 +++--------- drivers/pci/host/pci-tegra.c | 11 ++++------- drivers/pci/host/pci-thunder-ecam.c | 8 ++------ drivers/pci/host/pci-thunder-pem.c | 8 ++------ drivers/pci/host/pci-xgene.c | 8 ++------ drivers/pci/host/pcie-armada8k.c | 14 +++++--------- drivers/pci/host/pcie-artpec6.c | 10 ++-------- drivers/pci/host/pcie-designware-plat.c | 10 ++-------- drivers/pci/host/pcie-hisi.c | 13 ++----------- drivers/pci/host/pcie-rcar.c | 11 ++++------- 14 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) -- 2.8.4 -- 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