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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 22/31] i2c: Auto-load i2c_dev module when device opened.
    Scott,

    Your clock is off by a significant number of days, isn't it?

    On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:41:51 +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
    > The i2c_dev module is missing the char-major-89-* alias that would cause
    > it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened. This patch
    > adds the alias.

    Why not, however this is pretty pointless nowadays as /dev nodes tend
    to be created dynamically by udev, so there is no way i2c-dev will
    auto-load.

    > Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
    > ---
    > drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 1 +
    > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
    > index 7e13d2d..f3f83ba 100644
    > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
    > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
    > @@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl> and "
    > "Simon G. Vogl <simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at>");
    > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C /dev entries driver");
    > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
    > +MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(I2C_MAJOR);
    >
    > module_init(i2c_dev_init);
    > module_exit(i2c_dev_exit);


    --
    Jean Delvare


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