Re: [PATCH 2/7] net: ethernet: nb8800: Fix module autoload

[Måns Rullgård]

Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.ko | grep alias
> $
>
> After this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.ko | grep alias
> alias:          of:N*T*Csigma,smp8734-ethernetC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Csigma,smp8734-ethernet
> alias:          of:N*T*Csigma,smp8642-ethernetC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Csigma,smp8642-ethernet
> alias:          of:N*T*Caurora,nb8800C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Caurora,nb8800
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mans Rullgard <mans@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c
> index 453dc0967125..d5f2ad1a5a30 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aurora/nb8800.c
> @@ -1357,6 +1357,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id nb8800_dt_ids[] = {
>  	},
>  	{ }
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, nb8800_dt_ids);
>
>  static int nb8800_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> -- 

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