Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] usb: typec: add driver for Intel Whiskey Cove PMIC USB Type-C PHY

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Thu Aug 18 2016 - 02:33:53 EST



Hi,

Peter Chen <hzpeterchen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 03:53:24PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > +static struct platform_driver wcove_typec_driver = {
>> > + .driver = {
>> > + .name = "bxt_wcove_usbc",
>> > + },
>> > + .probe = wcove_typec_probe,
>> > + .remove = wcove_typec_remove,
>> > +};
>> > +
>> > +module_platform_driver(wcove_typec_driver);
>> > +
>> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
>> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("WhiskeyCove PMIC USB Type-C PHY driver");
>>
>> you need to add:
>>
>> MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bxt_wcove_usbc");
>>
>> otherwise this won't probe() automagically.
>>
>
> What do you mean, Felipe? If there is a platform device named
> "bxt_wcove_usbc", why it will not be probed?

IIRC default module alias is added based on file name, not
platform_driver name, so this would be
MODULE_ALIAS("platform:typec_wcove") by default... I could be wrong,
really don't remember the details of that now.

--
balbi

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