From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tomek The Messenger <tomekthemessenger@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: can kernel platform driver name be different than module name?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:34:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200322163432.GA96331@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA4NGytRP6HzOF2khgXTU4nsB-W=oK+nPgqH_82GvcfPQm7-2Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 05:26:09PM +0100, Tomek The Messenger wrote:
> I suppose the response is yes but I would like to make sure:
> Is below acceptable:
> some_module_name.c:
> #define DRIVER_NAME "some-driver-name"
> ...
> static struct platform_driver some_driver = {
> .driver = {
> .name = DRIVER_NAME,
> .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(some_of_match),
> },
>
> vs
>
> Makefile:
> SRC := $(shell pwd)
> obj-m += some_module_name.o
> some_module_name-m := directoryInWhichThereIsUsFile/ some_module_name.o
> all:
> $(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_SRC) M=$(SRC)
> modules_install:
> $(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_SRC) M=$(SRC) modules_install
Sure, name it what ever you want, driver names only have to be unique to
the type of driver registered, while module names have to be unique to
all kernel module names.
hope this helps,
greg k-h
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2020-03-22 16:26 can kernel platform driver name be different than module name? Tomek The Messenger
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