Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration

From	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration
Date	2016-11-29 16:10 +0100
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Hello Jacek,

On 10/21/2016 12:52 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas 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/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
> alias:          platform:leds-netxbig
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
> alias:          platform:leds-netxbig
> alias:          of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-ledsC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-leds
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>
> ---
> 

Any comments about this patch?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America

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Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-11-29 16:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-11-29 16:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@samsung.com> - 2016-11-29 16:40 +0100

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