From: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org>
To: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] net: qcom/emac: Fix module autoload for OF registration
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 09:40:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5804E2DE.3010502@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476713146-26632-5-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com>
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/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/qcom-emac.ko | grep alias
> alias: platform:qcom-emac
>
> After this patch:
>
> $ modinfo drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/qcom-emac.ko | grep alias
> alias: platform:qcom-emac
> alias: of:N*T*Cqcom,fsm9900-emacC*
> alias: of:N*T*Cqcom,fsm9900-emac
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas<javier@osg.samsung.com>
Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-17 14:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-17 14:05 [PATCH 0/7] net: Fix module autoload for several platform drivers Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 1/7] net: nps_enet: Fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 2/7] net: ethernet: nb8800: " Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:09 ` Måns Rullgård
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 3/7] net: hns: Fix hns_dsaf module autoload for OF registration Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 4/7] net: qcom/emac: Fix " Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:40 ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 5/7] net: hisilicon: Fix hns_mdio " Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 6/7] net: dsa: b53: Fix module autoload Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 14:05 ` [PATCH 7/7] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Fix module autoload for OF registration Javier Martinez Canillas
2016-10-17 17:03 ` [PATCH 0/7] net: Fix module autoload for several platform drivers David Miller
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