Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered

From	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered
Date	2017-05-08 00:10 +0200
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On 02/05/17 03:10, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If the driver is built as a module, it won't be autloaded if the devices
>> are registered via PLATFORM code because the PLATFORM device table
>> entries are not exported as aliases
>>
>> Before the patch:
>> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
>> $
>>
>> After th patch:
> 
>         ^^ the
> 
>> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@gmail.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>
> 
> Can we merge this as a fix for 4.12?
Applied to fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

Thanks,

Jonathan
>

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[PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@gmail.com> - 2017-05-02 00:50 +0200
  [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when OF devices are registered Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@gmail.com> - 2017-05-02 00:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module  autoload when OF devices are registered Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2017-05-02 04:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module  autoload when OF devices are registered Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2017-05-08 00:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module  autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2017-05-02 04:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module  autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2017-05-08 00:10 +0200

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