Re: [PATCH] modpost: fix module autoloading for OF devices with generic compatible property

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon,  2 May 2016 17:35:39 +0200 Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since the wildcard at the end of OF module aliases is gone, autoloading
> of modules that don't match a device's last (most generic) compatible value
> fails.
> 
> For example the CODA960 VPU on i.MX6Q has the SoC specific compatible
> "fsl,imx6q-vpu" and the generic compatible "cnm,coda960". Since the driver
> currently only works with knowledge about the SoC specific integration,
> it doesn't list "cnm,cod960" in the module device table.
> This results in the device compatible
> "of:NvpuT<NULL>Cfsl,imx6q-vpuCcnm,coda960" not matching the module alias
> "of:N*T*Cfsl,imx6q-vpu" anymore, whereas before commit 2f632369ab79
> ("modpost: don't add a trailing wildcard for OF module aliases") it
> matched the module alias "of:N*T*Cfsl,imx6q-vpu*".
> 
> This patch adds two module aliases for each compatible, one without the
> wildcard and one with "C*" appended.
> 
>   $ modinfo coda | grep imx6q
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cfsl,imx6q-vpuC*
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cfsl,imx6q-vpu

I added this:

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>    [4.5+]