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Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: wan: slic_ds26522: Export OF module alias information

Started byDavid Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
First post2016-10-14 16:20 +0200
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  Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: wan: slic_ds26522: Export OF module alias  information David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-10-14 16:20 +0200

#1501025 — Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: wan: slic_ds26522: Export OF module alias information

FromDavid Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date2016-10-14 16:20 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] net: wan: slic_ds26522: Export OF module alias information
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From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:55:41 -0300

> When the device is registered via OF, the OF table is used to match the
> driver instead of the SPI device ID table, but the entries in the later
> are used as aliasses to load the module if the driver was not built-in.
> 
> This is because the SPI core always reports an SPI module alias instead
> of an OF one, but that could change so it's better to always export it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>

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