Re: [PATCH 5/6] ASoC: wm8978: Add OF device ID table

[Charles Keepax]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 03:26:29PM -0400, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The driver doesn't have a struct of_device_id table but supported devices
> are registered via Device Trees. This is working on the assumption that a
> I2C device registered via OF will always match a legacy I2C device ID and
> that the MODALIAS reported will always be of the form i2c:<device>.
> 
> But this could change in the future so the correct approach is to have an
> OF device ID table if the devices are registered via OF.
> 
> Before this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8978.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:wm8978
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo sound/soc/codecs/snd-soc-wm8978.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:wm8978
> alias:          of:N*T*Cwlf,wm8978C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cwlf,wm8978
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Charles