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    SubjectRe: [22/27] macintosh: therm_windtunnel: Export OF module alias information
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    On Thu, 2015-30-07 at 16:18:47 UTC, 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>

    Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

    https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a1a42b7920ba57f287d7

    cheers


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