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Subject[PATCH 2.6.17-rc3] platform_bus learns about modalias
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This is one of the most significant busses not to support the $MODALIAS
and /sys/devices/.../modalias conventions.
This patch adds modalias support to platform devices, for simpler
hotplug/coldplug driven driver setup.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>

Index: g26/drivers/base/platform.c
===================================================================
--- g26.orig/drivers/base/platform.c 2006-04-30 19:25:25.000000000 -0700
+++ g26/drivers/base/platform.c 2006-05-01 10:30:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -452,6 +452,40 @@ void platform_driver_unregister(struct p
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_unregister);


+/* modalias support enables more hands-off userspace setup:
+ * (a) environment variable lets new-style hotplug events work once system is
+ * fully running: "modprobe $MODALIAS"
+ * (b) sysfs attribute lets new-style coldplug recover from hotplug events
+ * mishandled before system is fully running: "modprobe $(cat modalias)"
+ */
+static ssize_t
+modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a, char *buf)
+{
+ struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+ unsigned len = strlen(pdev->name);
+
+ len = min(len, (size_t)(PAGE_SIZE - 1));
+ memcpy(buf, pdev->name, len);
+ buf[PAGE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
+ return len;
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute platform_dev_attrs[] = {
+ __ATTR_RO(modalias),
+ __ATTR_NULL,
+};
+
+static int platform_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
+ char *buffer, int buffer_size)
+{
+ struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+
+ envp[0] = buffer;
+ snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "MODALIAS=%s", pdev->name);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
/**
* platform_match - bind platform device to platform driver.
* @dev: device.
@@ -496,7 +530,9 @@ static int platform_resume(struct device

struct bus_type platform_bus_type = {
.name = "platform",
+ .dev_attrs = platform_dev_attrs,
.match = platform_match,
+ .uevent = platform_uevent,
.suspend = platform_suspend,
.resume = platform_resume,
};
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