Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver/i2c/mux: Add register based mux i2c-mux-reg | From | Alexander Sverdlin <> | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:00:59 +0200 |
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Hi!
On 17/06/15 10:54, ext Paul Bolle wrote: >> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:i2c-mux-reg"); > As far as I understand it, this alias is only useful if there's a > corresponding struct platform_device, somewhere. Ie, this alias needs a > platform_device that will fire of a "MODALIAS=platform:i2c-mux-reg" > uevent when it's created. (I don't know exactly how all that works, so > I'm handwaving quite a bit here.) That would be platform_device with a > "i2c-mux-reg" name. > > Did I get this right? Because then I think this MODULE_ALIAS() isn't > needed, as I couldn't find such a corresponding platform_device.
You do not see the platform_device, because there are no users yet, put this MODULE_ALIAS() is perfectly fine, it will allow automatic module loading in non-DT case.
-- Best regards, Alexander Sverdlin.
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