Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload

From: Alban
Date: Wed Oct 19 2016 - 13:10:50 EST


On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:44:01 -0300
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
> device with the corresponding module.
>
> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
>
> Before this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias
> $
>
> After this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias
> alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpioC*
> alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpio
> alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpioC*
> alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpio
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Aban Bedel <albeu@xxxxxxx>

Alban

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