Re: [PATCH] sata_mv: Define module alias for platform device

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> The sata_mv driver can be loaded as a platform device, as is done by
> various Orion (ARM) based devices.  The driver needs to define a module
> alias for the platform driver so udev will load it automatically.
> Tested with Debian on a QNAP TS-209.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
> 
> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
> @@ -3198,6 +3198,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCSI low-level driver for Marvell SATA controllers");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, mv_pci_tbl);
>  MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sata_mv");
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
>  module_param(msi, int, 0444);

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