Re: [RESEND] drm: imx: imx-tve: Fix module autoload for OF platform driver

From: Philipp Zabel
Date: Mon Nov 30 2015 - 16:28:58 EST


Hi Luis,

thanks for the reminder.

Am Montag, den 30.11.2015, 15:02 +0000 schrieb Luis de Bethencourt:
> This platform driver has a OF device ID table but the OF module
> alias information is not created so module autoloading won't work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi,
>
> This is a resend of a patch from October 20th [0]

Sorry to have missed it, I was in the middle of a vacation then.
I've applied it to my fixes branch now.

> I am adding Andrew Morton to the CC list as was recommended at the Korea Linux
> Forum.
>
> This patch adds the missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() for OF to export
> that information so modules have the correct aliases built-in and
> autoloading works correctly.
>
> A longer explanation by Javier Canillas can be found here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/30/519
> A multitude of similar patches have been merged for other drivers, search
> the git log for "module autoload for OF platform driver".
>
> Thanks,
> Luis

regards
Philipp

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