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SubjectRe: [PATCH 23/27] leds: Export OF module alias information in missing drivers
Hi Javier,

Thanks for the patch.

On 07/30/2015 06:18 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The I2C core always reports the MODALIAS uevent as "i2c:<client name"
> regardless if the driver was matched using the I2C id_table or the
> of_match_table. So technically there's no need for a driver to export
> the OF table since currently it's not used.
>
> In fact, the I2C device ID table is mandatory for I2C drivers since
> a i2c_device_id is passed to the driver's probe function even if the
> I2C core used the OF table to match the driver.
>
> And since the I2C core uses different tables, OF-only drivers needs to
> have duplicated data that has to be kept in sync and also the dev node
> compatible manufacturer prefix is stripped when reporting the MODALIAS.
>
> To avoid the above, the I2C core behavior may be changed in the future
> to not require an I2C device table for OF-only drivers and report the
> OF module alias. So, it's better to also export the OF table to prevent
> breaking module autoloading if that happens.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
>
> ---
>
> drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c | 1 +
> drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c
> index 3f63a1bfdc4f..41f269fe0920 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c
> @@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id of_pca963x_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "nxp,pca9635", },
> {},
> };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, of_pca963x_match);
> #else
> static struct pca963x_platform_data *
> pca963x_dt_init(struct i2c_client *client, struct pca963x_chipdef *chip)
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c b/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
> index c1f910981781..edbecc4ca2da 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
> @@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id of_tca6507_leds_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "ti,tca6507", },
> {},
> };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, of_tca6507_leds_match);
>
> #else
> static struct tca6507_platform_data *
>

Acked-by: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@samsung.com>

--
Best Regards,
Jacek Anaszewski


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