Hi, On 19/12/2016 at 09:03:17 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote : > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:37 AM, Alexandre Belloni > <alexandre.bell...@free-electrons.com> wrote: > > Since the driver is now calling machine_halt() that is not exported, it has > > to be built in the kernel. Building it as a module will fail at linking > > time. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.bell...@free-electrons.com> > > --- > > drivers/rtc/Kconfig | 5 +---- > > drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c | 10 +--------- > > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > > index 4259ce61c31b..24b0778f6e28 100644 > > --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig > > @@ -1550,15 +1550,12 @@ config RTC_DRV_MPC5121 > > will be called rtc-mpc5121. > > > > config RTC_DRV_JZ4740 > > - tristate "Ingenic JZ4740 SoC" > > + bool "Ingenic JZ4740 SoC" > > Just noticed RTC_DRV_JZ4740 flipped from m to y. > > This is bad for distribution kernels. > Can't the driver just call kernel_halt() instead of machine_halt()? >
I'm not sure and I can't test. Paul, can you test? Maybe the other concern is that users that are not loading the rtc module will probably complain their machine is not powering off. -- Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com