Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration
From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Tue Nov 29 2016 - 10:39:05 EST
Hello Jacek,
On 11/29/2016 12:34 PM, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> Hi Javier,
>
> On 11/29/2016 04:00 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Hello Jacek,
>>
>> On 10/21/2016 12:52 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> 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/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
>>> alias: platform:leds-netxbig
>>>
>>> After this patch:
>>>
>>> $ modinfo drivers/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
>>> alias: platform:leds-netxbig
>>> alias: of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-ledsC*
>>> alias: of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-leds
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>
>>
>> Any comments about this patch?
>
> I mistakenly marked it as merged. Sorry about that.
> Applied to the for-next branch of linux-leds.git.
>
Great, thanks for the information.
Best regards,
--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America