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Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias

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On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 05:04:55PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> > On ma, 2015-08-03 at 15:48 +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> Add a proper module alias so the driver can be autoloaded when the
> >> parent axp20x mfd driver registers its cells.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>
> >
> >> --- a/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c
> >
> >> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:axp20x-pek");
> >
> > Should this eventually go into stable?
> >
> > The AXP20x Power Enable Key driver was added in v4.0, so this patch
> > could currently be relevant for the v4.1.y tree. (In that tree a "parent
> > MFD driver" appears to be present too.)
> 
> (Since I forgot to add the stable tag,) I can submit it for inclusion
> into stable after it's merged into Linus' tree.

OTOH do we have many general users needing this driver as a
automatically loaded module? If not that many then it is OK to just
merge it in mainline and skip stable.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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[PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2015-08-03 09:50 +0200
  Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Carlo Caione <carlo@caione.org> - 2015-08-03 10:00 +0200
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-08-03 22:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> - 2015-08-04 10:50 +0200
    Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2015-08-04 11:10 +0200
      Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 19:50 +0200
        Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2015-08-06 04:40 +0200

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