From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc8] i2c: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:49:09 -0700 Message-ID: <200804100949.10255.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <200804091354.07807.david-b@pacbell.net> <20080410133444.6f910312@hyperion.delvare> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080410133444.6f910312-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org To: Jean Delvare Cc: Andrew Morton , Kay Sievers , i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 10 April 2008, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:54:07 -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > From: Kay Sievers > > > > Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, the platform > > modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the > > hotpluggable I2C platform drivers, to allow module auto loading. > > > > [ db: add some more drivers ] > > > > Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers > > Signed-off-by: David Brownell > > --- > > drivers/i2c/busses/... > > 17 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > OK... Is this a regression we need to fix in 2.6.25, or can this patch > wait until 2.6.26? It was a regresssion as of 2.6.24, for 200+ drivers; every platform_bus driver used have hotplug/coldplug support, but that patch stopped that from working. The thing is, that had only been working for a few releases at that time, so not many folk were relying on it yet. They would just have been able to start doing so when that mechanism stopped working. So I can't see a rush to get this into 2.6.25 now. I think the 200+ drivers will hotplug/coldplug again in 2.6.26 ... I've pushed almost a hundred such driver updates by now (sigh). - Dave _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c