From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
a.zummo@towertech.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
rtc-linux@googlegroups.com, dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:23:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200708170823.15894.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708171258360.5492@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
On Friday 17 August 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Aug 17 2007 01:06, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> >Add an MODULE_ALIAS() to make this platform driver hotplug-aware.
> >
> >...
> >+MODULE_ALIAS("ds1742");
>
> Why exactly is this needed? What script refers to the module as ds1742 instead
> of rtc-ds1742? Regular hotplug (e.g. udev/modprobe) also go by PCI ID or
> whatever is applicable and load the module which provides support for said ID.
Most busses don't have managed device IDs like PCI, USB, or PNP.
The platform, spi, and i2c busses use the driver name, which is
obviously managed within the scope of all Linux drivers.
- Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-17 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-16 16:06 [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware Atsushi Nemoto
2007-08-17 10:59 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-17 15:23 ` David Brownell [this message]
2007-08-17 15:37 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-17 16:02 ` David Brownell
2007-08-17 16:15 ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-08-17 16:26 ` David Brownell
2007-08-17 16:32 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-17 16:55 ` David Brownell
2007-08-17 17:18 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-17 19:50 ` David Brownell
2007-08-17 19:52 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-17 20:20 ` David Brownell
2007-08-18 2:40 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-18 4:06 ` David Brownell
2007-08-18 10:45 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-20 1:44 ` legacy platform drivers and hotplugging David Brownell
2007-08-20 2:02 ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-08-20 9:51 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-19 12:57 ` [PATCH] rtc: Make rtc-ds1742 driver hotplug-aware Atsushi Nemoto
2007-08-19 21:45 ` Kay Sievers
2007-08-20 1:48 ` David Brownell
2007-08-20 2:02 ` David Brownell
2007-08-20 2:16 ` Atsushi Nemoto
2007-08-17 16:04 ` Atsushi Nemoto
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