From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: ext Paul Bolle <pebolle-IWqWACnzNjzz+pZb47iToQ@public.gmane.org>,
York Sun <yorksun-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Peter Korsgaard
<peter.korsgaard-ob4gmnvZ1/cAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver/i2c/mux: Add register based mux i2c-mux-reg
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:00:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55818BAB.5090605@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1434531244.2069.111.camel@x220>
Hi!
On 17/06/15 10:54, ext Paul Bolle wrote:
>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:i2c-mux-reg");
> As far as I understand it, this alias is only useful if there's a
> corresponding struct platform_device, somewhere. Ie, this alias needs a
> platform_device that will fire of a "MODALIAS=platform:i2c-mux-reg"
> uevent when it's created. (I don't know exactly how all that works, so
> I'm handwaving quite a bit here.) That would be platform_device with a
> "i2c-mux-reg" name.
>
> Did I get this right? Because then I think this MODULE_ALIAS() isn't
> needed, as I couldn't find such a corresponding platform_device.
You do not see the platform_device, because there are no users yet, put
this MODULE_ALIAS() is perfectly fine, it will allow automatic module loading
in non-DT case.
--
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.
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From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com>
To: ext Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>, York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com>
Cc: wsa@the-dreams.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Korsgaard <peter.korsgaard@barco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver/i2c/mux: Add register based mux i2c-mux-reg
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:00:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55818BAB.5090605@nokia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1434531244.2069.111.camel@x220>
Hi!
On 17/06/15 10:54, ext Paul Bolle wrote:
>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:i2c-mux-reg");
> As far as I understand it, this alias is only useful if there's a
> corresponding struct platform_device, somewhere. Ie, this alias needs a
> platform_device that will fire of a "MODALIAS=platform:i2c-mux-reg"
> uevent when it's created. (I don't know exactly how all that works, so
> I'm handwaving quite a bit here.) That would be platform_device with a
> "i2c-mux-reg" name.
>
> Did I get this right? Because then I think this MODULE_ALIAS() isn't
> needed, as I couldn't find such a corresponding platform_device.
You do not see the platform_device, because there are no users yet, put
this MODULE_ALIAS() is perfectly fine, it will allow automatic module loading
in non-DT case.
--
Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-17 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-16 17:28 [PATCH] driver/i2c/mux: Add register based mux i2c-mux-reg York Sun
2015-06-16 17:28 ` York Sun
[not found] ` <1434475692-4611-1-git-send-email-yorksun-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-17 8:54 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-17 8:54 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-17 15:00 ` Alexander Sverdlin [this message]
2015-06-17 15:00 ` Alexander Sverdlin
[not found] ` <55818BAB.5090605-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-17 16:03 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-17 16:03 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-18 7:40 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-18 7:40 ` Alexander Sverdlin
[not found] ` <558275F1.5020100-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-18 8:08 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-18 8:08 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-18 9:04 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-18 9:04 ` Alexander Sverdlin
[not found] ` <5582899B.9030307-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-18 9:32 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-18 9:32 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-18 9:42 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-18 9:42 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-18 9:55 ` Paul Bolle
2015-06-17 15:03 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-17 15:03 ` Alexander Sverdlin
[not found] ` <55818C3C.8000704-xNZwKgViW5gAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-17 16:43 ` York Sun
2015-06-17 16:43 ` York Sun
[not found] ` <5581A3CA.4050805-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2015-06-18 7:58 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-06-18 7:58 ` Alexander Sverdlin
2015-08-15 20:23 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-08-15 20:23 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-08-17 16:37 ` York Sun
2015-08-17 16:37 ` York Sun
[not found] ` <55D20DC9.2060304-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-18 16:44 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-08-18 16:44 ` Wolfram Sang
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