On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:13:39AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:41:37AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote: > > I see fixups in controller drivers here: > > > > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c > > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c > > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c > > drivers/pci/controller/pci-loongson.c > > drivers/pci/controller/pci-tegra.c > > drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc-bcma.c > > drivers/pci/controller/pcie-iproc.c > > > > Are any of those somehow wrong? > > When did we allow modular > controller drivers anyway? That feels like a somewhat bad idea, too. >
Why not? We currently only restrict the controller drivers implementing the irqchip controller from being *removed* because of the IRQ disposal concern. Other than that, I don't see why kernel should restrict building them as modules. - Mani -- மணிவண்ணன் சதாசிவம்
