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

From: Luis de Bethencourt
Date: Mon Nov 30 2015 - 16:56:14 EST


On 30/11/15 21:28, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> thanks for the reminder.
>

No problem. I was worried I was bothering.

> 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 understand, we all have a few emails that fall between the cracks.

Thank you very much for reviewing and applying.
Luis

>> 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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