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

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Sun May 07 2017 - 18:01:09 EST


On 02/05/17 03:10, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> 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?
Applied to fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

Thanks,

Jonathan
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