* [PATCH] gpio: clps711x: Add module alias to support module auto loading
@ 2014-02-04 9:39 Axel Lin
2014-02-05 10:05 ` Linus Walleij
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Axel Lin @ 2014-02-04 9:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linus Walleij; +Cc: Alexander Shiyan, linux-gpio
commit 55fe14ab872a "GPIO: clps711x: Rewrite driver for using generic GPIO code"
allows this driver to be built as a module.
Thus add module alias to support module auto loading.
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c
index d355027..3c2ba2ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c
@@ -97,3 +97,4 @@ module_platform_driver(clps711x_gpio_driver);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@mail.ru>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CLPS711X GPIO driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:clps711x-gpio");
--
1.8.1.2
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* Re: [PATCH] gpio: clps711x: Add module alias to support module auto loading
2014-02-04 9:39 [PATCH] gpio: clps711x: Add module alias to support module auto loading Axel Lin
@ 2014-02-05 10:05 ` Linus Walleij
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From: Linus Walleij @ 2014-02-05 10:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Axel Lin; +Cc: Alexander Shiyan, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com> wrote:
> commit 55fe14ab872a "GPIO: clps711x: Rewrite driver for using generic GPIO code"
> allows this driver to be built as a module.
> Thus add module alias to support module auto loading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com>
Patch applied.
However I've never really understood how the alias is actually used
during module loading. Where can I learn more about this?
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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