Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:28 -0600 | From | Tim Gardner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] add MODULE_ALIAS to load ipmi_devintf with ipmi_si |
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Scott James Remnant wrote: > The ipmi_devintf module contains the userspace interface for IPMI > devices, yet will not be loaded automatically with a system > interface handler driver. > > Add a MODULE_ALIAS for the "platform:ipmi_si" MODALIAS exported by > the ipmi_si driver, so that userspace knows of the recommendation. > > Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> > --- > drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > index 64e1c16..ecaf369 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > @@ -957,3 +957,4 @@ module_exit(cleanup_ipmi); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Corey Minyard <minyard@mvista.com>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface for the IPMI message handler."); > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ipmi_si");
Seems like a candidate for the stable kernel. If you add the line:
Cc: stable@kernel.org
it will happen automagically when Linus merges it into his tree. Can you resubmit with this line added?
rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com
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