The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 3753941475ae6501dcd1e41832bd0e6c35247d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:41:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: sun6i: Disable the build as a module
Since we have to provide the clock very early on, the RTC driver cannot be
built as a module. Make sure that won't happen.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 6d4ee1481867..ee287cf63b01 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ config RTC_DRV_SUN4V
based RTC on SUN4V systems.
config RTC_DRV_SUN6I
- tristate "Allwinner A31 RTC"
+ bool "Allwinner A31 RTC"
default MACH_SUN6I || MACH_SUN8I || COMPILE_TEST
depends on ARCH_SUNXI
help
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
index c169a2cd4727..a6136cb99851 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sun6i.c
@@ -439,9 +439,4 @@ static struct platform_driver sun6i_rtc_driver = {
.of_match_table = sun6i_rtc_dt_ids,
},
};
-
-module_platform_driver(sun6i_rtc_driver);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sun6i RTC driver");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+builtin_platform_driver(sun6i_rtc_driver);