[PATCH 27/31] x86: Auto-load msr module when device opened.

From: Scott James Remnant
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 12:48:03 EST


The msr module is missing the char-major-202-* 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/msr.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 7262666..7d2bb98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -249,3 +249,4 @@ module_exit(msr_exit)
MODULE_AUTHOR("H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("x86 generic MSR driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(MSR_MAJOR);
--
1.6.0.5

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