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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:16:34 +0200
From: Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
To: Olivia Mackall <olivia@selenic.com>, 
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de, 
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: mxc-rnga: Drop usage of platform_driver_probe()
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Hello,

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:37:59AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig wrote:
> There are considerations to drop platform_driver_probe() as a concept
> that isn't relevant any more today. It comes with an added complexity
> that makes many users hold it wrong. (E.g. this driver should have mark
> the driver struct with __refdata.)
>=20
> Convert the driver to the more usual module_platform_driver().
>=20
> This fixes a W=3D1 build warning:
>=20
> 	WARNING: modpost: drivers/char/hw_random/mxc-rnga: section mismatch in r=
eference: mxc_rnga_driver+0x10 (section: .data) -> mxc_rnga_remove (section=
: .exit.text)
>=20
> with CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_MXC_RNGA=3Dm.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>

Gentle ping?! Who is the one to pick up this patch (or give feedback to
it)?

I want to change modpost to emit this type of warning also for W=3D0
builds. For that it would be good to have this patch applied first.

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig            |
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