Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Walleij <> | Date | Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:23:48 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload |
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> wrote:
> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module > alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered > device with the corresponding module. > > Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro. > > Before this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpio > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpio > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
Patch applied with Alban's ACK.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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