Re: [PATCH] hwrng: meson: Remove unneeded platform MODULE_ALIAS

[Kevin Hilman]

Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The Amlogic Meson is a DT-only platform, which means the devices are
> registered via OF and not using the legacy platform devices support.
>
> So there's no need to have a MODULE_ALIAS("platform:meson-rng") since
> the reported uevent MODALIAS to user-space will always be the OF one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
>  drivers/char/hw_random/meson-rng.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/meson-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/meson-rng.c
> index 51864a509be7..119d698439ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/meson-rng.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/meson-rng.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ static struct platform_driver meson_rng_driver = {
>  
>  module_platform_driver(meson_rng_driver);
>  
> -MODULE_ALIAS("platform:meson-rng");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Meson H/W Random Number Generator driver");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Lawrence Mok <lawrence.mok@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>");