Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 2/2] PCI: sprd: Add support for Unisoc SoCs' PCIe controller

[Hongtao Wu]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:52 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:29:28PM +0800, Hongtao Wu wrote:
> > From: Hongtao Wu <billows.wu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This series adds PCIe controller driver for Unisoc SoCs.
> > This controller is based on DesignWare PCIe IP.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hongtao Wu <billows.wu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Kconfig     |  12 ++
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/Makefile    |   1 +
> >  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-sprd.c | 293 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 306 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-sprd.c
>
> <...>
>
> > +static struct platform_driver sprd_pcie_driver = {
> > +     .probe = sprd_pcie_probe,
> > +     .remove = __exit_p(sprd_pcie_remove),
>                    ^^^^^^ why is that?
>

Thanks for the review.

I think that if 'MODULE' is defined, '.remove = sprd_pcie_remove',
else '.remove = NULL'.
I would appreciate hearing your opinion about this.

> > +     .driver = {
> > +             .name = "sprd-pcie",
> > +             .of_match_table = sprd_pcie_of_match,
> > +     },
> > +};
> > +
> > +module_platform_driver(sprd_pcie_driver);
> > +
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Unisoc PCIe host controller driver");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>
> I think that it needs to be "GPL" and not "GPL v2".
>

Many platform drivers use 'GPL v2', but others use 'GPL'.
I am not sure whether to use 'GPL' or 'GPL v2'.
Could you tell me why ‘GPL’ is needed here?

> Thanks
>
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> > 2.7.4
> >