From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] drivers/pci: make host/pci-mvebu.c explicitly non-modular
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:54:12 +0100
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On Saturday 12 December 2015 20:41:50 Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is:
> 
> drivers/pci/host/Kconfig:config PCI_MVEBU
> drivers/pci/host/Kconfig:       bool "Marvell EBU PCIe controller"
> 
> ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone.

Here too. I think we should really try to let all PCI host drivers be
loadable modules if possible. The module unload path is currently
a bit iffy because of the way it interacts with the arch/arm PCI
infrastructure, but we are in the process of fixing it.

For now, I think allowing all PCIe host drivers for ARM to be
loadable but non-removably modules would be ideal.

	Arnd
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