Re: [PATCH 4/5] PCI: mt7621: Add missing 'MODULE_LICENSE()' definition

From: Krzysztof Wilczyński
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 19:11:25 EST


Hi Arnd,

[...]
> > > builtin_platform_driver(mt7621_pci_driver);
> > > +
> > > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> >
> > A question here about the builtin_platform_driver() use in this driver,
> > especially since it's set as tristate in Kconfig, thus I am not sure if
> > using builtin_platform_driver() over module_platform_driver() is correct?
> >
> > Unless this is more because you need to reply on device_initcall() for the
> > driver to properly initialise?
>
> builtin_platform_driver() does the right thing for loadable modules that
> have no module-unload and are not intended to be removable.
>
> This is often use for PCI drivers, but after Rob reworked this code a while
> back, it should actually be possible to reliably remove and reload PCI
> host bridge drivers, and it would be good to eventually lift the restriction
> here as well.

Thank you for letting me know. Much appreciated. I assumed in the past
that with tristate in Kconfig the module_platform_driver() would be the
preferred route.

Krzysztof