Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered

From: Chen-Yu Tsai
Date: Mon May 01 2017 - 22:10:55 EST


On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If the driver is built as a module, it won't be autloaded if the devices
> are registered via PLATFORM code because the PLATFORM device table
> entries are not exported as aliases
>
> Before the patch:
> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
> $
>
> After th patch:

^^ the

> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
> alias: platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio
> alias: platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio
> alias: platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio
>
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>

Can we merge this as a fix for 4.12?