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Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ltc4151) Export OF device ID table as module aliases

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On 01/16/2017 06:52 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The I2C core always reports a MODALIAS of the form i2c:<foo> even if the
> device was registered via OF, this means that exporting the OF device ID
> table device aliases in the module is not needed. But in order to change
> how the core reports modaliases to user-space, it's better to export it.
>
> Before this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:ltc4151
>
> After this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:ltc4151
> alias:          of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>

Applied to -next.

Thanks,
Guenter

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