From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Javier Martinez Canillas Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/7] i2c: core: Export I2C module alias information in dummy driver Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:09:58 +0200 Message-ID: <55DE00F6.1070206@osg.samsung.com> References: <1440484277-32675-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> <1440484277-32675-2-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> <20150826165532.GC1521@katana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150826165532.GC1521@katana> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Hello Wolfram, On 08/26/2015 06:55 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 08:31:11AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> The I2C core always reports the MODALIAS uevent as "i2c:" >> regardless of the mechanism that was used to register the device >> (i.e: OF or board code) and the table that is used later to match >> the driver with the device (i.e: I2C id table or OF match table). >> >> So drivers needs to export the I2C id table and this be built into >> the module or udev won't have the necessary information to autoload >> the needed driver module when the device is added. >> >> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas > > The dummy driver is always loaded when the i2c core inits. > Ok, I wondered if that was the case but I was not sure so I posted it just in case. Then this patch should be dropped. Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Open Source Group Samsung Research America