Re: [PATCH 3/3] media: vgxy61: Add MODULE_ALIAS()

[Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@foss.st.com>]

On 6/11/24 15:11, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 01:57:24PM +0200, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
>> Hi Sakari,
>>
>> On 6/11/24 10:21, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>> Hi Benjamin,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 05:08:15PM +0200, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
>>>> Preserve user space retro compatibility after the device rename.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@foss.st.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c | 1 +
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>>>> index ca3b43608dad..c85f356946ca 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>>>> @@ -1898,3 +1898,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@st.com>");
>>>>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@foss.st.com>");
>>>>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VGXY61 camera subdev driver");
>>>>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:st-vgxy61");
>>>
>>> Perhaps just "st-vgxy61" so that the module still loads if someone loads it
>>> explicitly? That's what you'd want, right, as the old compatible string
>>> will remain?
>>>
>>
>> Yes it is for explicit loading. I'll remove the "platform" prefix.
>>
>> But maybe I'm overthinking and I could just remove the MODULE_ALIAS()
>> completely from this series. What do you think ?
> 
> Most of the time the modules are loaded based on devices found, so this
> would likely not change things much.
> 
> Up to you.
> 

Then I'd rather remove it entirely. The less legacy code the better.
Thank you.

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Regards,

Benjamin