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| From | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload |
| Date | 2016-10-21 15:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <suHAv-5DG-59@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <stJuF-759-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <stJuF-759-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:44 PM, 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-ts4800.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ts4800.ko | grep alias > alias: of:N*T*Ctechnologic,ts4800-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Ctechnologic,ts4800-gpio > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> Patch applied for fixes. Yours, Linus Walleij
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[PATCH 2/2] gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-10-18 22:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2016-10-21 15:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-10-21 15:40 +0200
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