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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload

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On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:44:01 -0300
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> 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/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias
> $
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpioC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpio
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpioC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpio
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>

Acked-by: Aban Bedel <albeu@free.fr>

Alban

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[PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-10-18 22:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload Alban <albeu@free.fr> - 2016-10-19 19:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: ath79: Fix module autoload Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2016-10-24 00:30 +0200

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