Re: [PATCH] misc/pvpanic-pci: Allow automatic loading

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 11:31:11 EST


On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 04:44:22PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> The pvpanic-pci driver does not auto-load and requires manual
> modprobe. Let's include a device database using the
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> index 9ecc4e8559d5d..30290d42d8aa8 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
> @@ -122,4 +122,6 @@ static struct pci_driver pvpanic_pci_driver = {
> },
> };
>
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pvpanic_pci_id_tbl);
> +

Is this something that you need? Or is it created by a tool?

thanks,

greg k-h