Re: [PATCH v3] PCI/pwrctrl: Move pci_pwrctrl_create_device() definition to drivers/pci/pwrctrl/

[Manivannan Sadhasivam]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 02:52:03PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 06:07:48PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 08:21:20PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > >    ld: drivers/pci/probe.o: in function `pci_scan_single_device':
> > > >> probe.c:(.text+0x2400): undefined reference to `pci_pwrctrl_create_device'
> > 
> > Hmm, so we cannot have a built-in driver depend on a module...
> 
> Does it work if you export pci_pwrctrl_create_device()?
> 

No it doesn't. And that's expected since the export is usually *for* the
modules and not the other way around.

- Mani

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