Re: [PATCH v4] gpio: sx150x: Add Semtech I2C sx150x gpio expanderdriver.

[Greg Bean]

>> +	bool "Semtech SX150x I2C GPIO expander"
>> +	depends on I2C=y
>> +	default n
>> +	help
>> +	  Say yes here to provide support for Semtech SX150-series I2C
>> +	  GPIO expanders. Compatible models include:
>
> Just curious, not complaining, but why does this driver (and some others)
> need to be built-in instead of having the option of being built as a
> loadable module?

It's that way because it requires unexported symbols from genirq and 
I2C.  If this driver is allowed to be a module, it can't find the 
unexported genirq symbols, and if I2C is allowed to be a module, then a 
bunch of i2c_smbus stuff can't be resolved...

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