From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 4:59 PM > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 04:18:27PM +0800, Fugang Duan wrote: > > GKI kernel requires drivers built as modules including console driver, > > so add the support that imx serial console driver can be built as > > module. > > No one knows what "GKI" is, and it isn't relevant here. The Next Generation Android Device kernel will consist of generic Kernel Image (GKI) and several GKI modules, and drivers for specific hardware (possibly closed-source drivers) will be loaded as kernel modules. In short, in this scenario, everything soc vendor driver is modularized. Anyway, it isn't relevant here. Will delete the information in v3. > > > > > The changes of the patch: > > - imx console driver can be built as module. > > - move out earlycon code to separated driver like imx_earlycon.c, > > and imx earlycon driver only support build-in. > > Why is this not 2 separate patches? It can be split into 2 separated patches, will update it in v3. > > > v2: > > - fix kbuild error > > These v2: stuff should go below the --- line. Got it, thanks for your comments. > > thanks, > > greg k-h
