[PATCH 28/31] x86: Auto-load cpuid module when device opened.

From: Scott James Remnant
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 12:47:32 EST


The cpuid module is missing the char-major-203-* alias that would cause
it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened. This patch
adds the alias.

Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 2ac1f0c..8211f3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -237,3 +237,4 @@ module_exit(cpuid_exit);
MODULE_AUTHOR("H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("x86 generic CPUID driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(CPUID_MAJOR);
--
1.6.0.5

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