Re: [GIT PULL] ARM: amba: Enable module alias autogeneration forAMBA drivers

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Nov 22 2011 - 14:23:19 EST


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:56:32PM +0100, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
> > I have Acks on some of the driver patches and no comments on the
> > rest. I've been circulating these for some time, so if you're
> > happy to pull those driver patches via your tree, please go ahead.
>
> Sure I have no problem with the nomadik-rng.c, (so please have my
> Acked-by: -- sorry for not noting it earlier) but I think this
> file2alias thing needs a serious rework to split each bus in a
> different file, using ELF sections like we do elsewhere.
>
> I posted a patch last week but I got no comment at all. Maybe this
> is the time to ask for comments? I can rebase and repost if needed.
>
> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/125 (0/2: description of the work)
> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/126 (1/2: turn the if plethora to table lookup)
> lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/4/127 (2/2: partial split to type-specific files).

Ah, I missed that, yes, this would be a good thing to have, we've been
wanting it for _years_.

greg k-h
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