[PATCH] s3c2410fb - initialise device_driver .owner

[PATCH] s3c2410fb - initialise device_driver .owner

[Ben Dooks]

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Initialise the .owner field, so that if the
driver is built as a module, the system has
a link to the owner

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>

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diff -urN -X ../dontdiff linux-2.6.13-simtec3a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c linux-2.6.13-simtec3b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c
--- linux-2.6.13-simtec3a/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c	2005-09-26 18:03:17.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.13-simtec3b/drivers/video/s3c2410fb.c	2005-10-10 01:46:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@
 
 static struct device_driver s3c2410fb_driver = {
 	.name		= "s3c2410-lcd",
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.bus		= &platform_bus_type,
 	.probe		= s3c2410fb_probe,
 	.suspend	= s3c2410fb_suspend,

Re: [PATCH] s3c2410fb - initialise device_driver .owner

[Antonino A. Daplas]

Ben Dooks wrote:
> Initialise the .owner field, so that if the
> driver is built as a module, the system has
> a link to the owner

Do you want this in 2.6.14? I'm not pushing patches right
now unless they're critical.

Tony


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Re: [PATCH] s3c2410fb - initialise device_driver .owner

[Ben Dooks]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 04:23:49PM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Ben Dooks wrote:
> > Initialise the .owner field, so that if the
> > driver is built as a module, the system has
> > a link to the owner
> 
> Do you want this in 2.6.14? I'm not pushing patches right
> now unless they're critical.

It isn't critical, just getting things ready for the
next release.

-- 
Ben (ben@fluff.org, http://www.fluff.org/)

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