Re: [PATCH 4/6] clk: qcom: apss-ipq6018: add MODULE_ALIAS

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 11/07/2022 13:46, Robert Marko wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 13:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/07/2022 12:47, Robert Marko wrote:
>>> Add MODULE_ALIAS so that driver will be autoloaded if built as a module.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c | 1 +
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c b/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
>>> index f2f502e2d5a4..963c69f2c0c2 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/clk/qcom/apss-ipq6018.c
>>> @@ -101,5 +101,6 @@ static struct platform_driver apss_ipq6018_driver = {
>>>
>>>  module_platform_driver(apss_ipq6018_driver);
>>>
>>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:qcom,apss-ipq6018-clk");
>>
>> That's not correct alias (no commas) and usually alias is not needed at
>> all. If you need one, please explain why it is needed. Module
>> autoloading works fine without aliases...
> 
> Hi Krzysztof,
> alias is required here as the driver does not use a DT compatible but
> is registered
> by the APCS driver, if built as a module, it won't get autoloaded
> without an alias.

Instead you need device ID table. Aliases are not a workaround for
missing core driver elements.

> 
> I can only fix up the driver name here and in APCS first to have an
> alias without commas.

I see that the comma is used in driver name, so this is an independent
issue. Maybe change it to '-' in separate commit?


Best regards,
Krzysztof