Re: [PATCH] watchdog: bd70528: Add MODULE_ALIAS to allow module auto loading

[Guenter Roeck]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 03:41:59PM +0300, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> The bd70528 watchdog driver is probed by MFD driver. Add MODULE_ALIAS
> in order to allow udev to load the module when MFD sub-device cell for
> watchdog is added.
> 
> Fixes: bbc88a0ec9f37 ("watchdog: bd70528: Initial support for ROHM BD70528 watchdog block")
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
> I'm not really sure if this is a bug-fix or feature but I guess the
> Fixes tag won't harm, right?
> 
>  drivers/watchdog/bd70528_wdt.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bd70528_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bd70528_wdt.c
> index b0152fef4fc7..bc60e036627a 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/bd70528_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/bd70528_wdt.c
> @@ -288,3 +288,4 @@ module_platform_driver(bd70528_wdt);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("BD70528 watchdog driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bd70528-wdt");
> -- 
> 2.21.0
> 
> 
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