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From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 1 Apr 2019 09:15:03 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal/drivers/core: Remove the module Kconfig's option
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 05:24, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> The module support for the thermal subsystem does have a little sense:
>  - some subsystems relying on it are not modules, thus forcing the
>    framework to be compiled in
>  - it is compiled in for almost every configs, the remaining ones
>    are a few platforms where I don't see why we can not switch the thermal
>    to 'y'. The drivers can stay in tristate.
>  - platforms need the thermal to be ready as soon as possible at boot time
>    in order to mitigate
>
> Usually the subsystems framework are compiled-in and the plugs are as module.
>
> Remove the module option. The removal of the module related dead code will
> come after this patch gets in or is acked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/configs/mini2440_defconfig        | 2 +-

For mini2440:
Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof