power: reset: at91-poweroff: Stop using module_platform_driver_probe()

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On today's platforms the benefit of platform_driver_probe() isn't that
relevant any more. It allows to drop some code after booting (or module
loading) for .probe() and discard the .remove() function completely if
the driver is built-in. This typically saves a few 100k.

The downside of platform_driver_probe() is that the driver cannot be
bound and unbound at runtime which is ancient and so slightly
complicates testing. There are also thoughts to deprecate
platform_driver_probe() because it adds some complexity in the driver
core for little gain. Also many drivers don't use it correctly. This
driver for example misses to mark the driver struct with __ref which is
needed to suppress a (W=1) modpost warning.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231104211501.3676352-17-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>

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Uwe Kleine-König 2023-11-04 22:15:03 +01:00 • committed by Sebastian Reichel

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