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| From | Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: bcm7038_wdt: fix module autoload |
| Date | 2016-11-11 20:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sCpZL-9R-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sscAN-33Q-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <ssdZY-3Nv-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Hello Guenter, On 10/14/2016 01:55 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 12:23:50PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module >> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered >> device with the corresponding module. >> >> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro. >> >> Before this patch: >> >> $ modinfo drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.ko | grep alias >> $ >> >> After this patch: >> >> $ modinfo drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.ko | grep alias >> alias: of:N*T*Cbrcm,bcm7038-wdtC* >> alias: of:N*T*Cbrcm,bcm7038-wdt >> >> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> > > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > Are you going to pick this (and patch 2/2)? I'm asking because you provided your r-b tag but the patch was never merged, so I wonder who should I ping about it. Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Open Source Group Samsung Research America
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: bcm7038_wdt: fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-11-11 20:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: bcm7038_wdt: fix module autoload Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-11-11 20:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: bcm7038_wdt: fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-11-11 22:20 +0100
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