Re: [PATCH] drivers/tty/serial: delete unused MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE from atmel_serial.c

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Mon Jan 04 2016 - 15:43:44 EST


[Re: [PATCH] drivers/tty/serial: delete unused MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE from atmel_serial.c] On 02/01/2016 (Sat 13:17) Sudip Mukherjee wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:05:46AM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > In commit c39dfebc7798956fd2140ae6321786ff35da30c3 ("drivers/tty/serial:
> > make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular") we removed the code
> > relating to modular support since it currently only supports built in.
> >
> > However, when redoing my build coverage for mips allmodconfig, which
> > sets CONFIG_OF, I noticed a remaining line that needs to be removed,
> > else we will get a build failure for an undefined module macro.
> >
> > Unfortunately this didn't appear for any of the other arch I tested
> > more frequently, such as ARM.
> >
> > Since MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE is a no-op for non-modular code, we can just
> > remove the offending line.
> >
> > Fixes: c39dfebc7798 ("drivers/tty/serial: make serial/atmel_serial.c explicitly non-modular")
> > Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-serial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> I think this has not yet landed in linux-next. next-20151231 still
> fails.

Greg has a lot of irons in the fire, and it is also the season where a
lot of people have unplugged for the last two weeks to be with family,
friends, etc, so lets be patient.

Thanks,
Paul.
--

>
> regards
> sudip
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