From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 10:46:01 -0700 Message-ID: <20150804174601.GB37185@dtor-ws> References: <1438588080-15477-1-git-send-email-wens@csie.org> <1438677749.8734.28.camel@tiscali.nl> Reply-To: dmitry.torokhov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , To: Chen-Yu Tsai Cc: pebolle-IWqWACnzNjzz+pZb47iToQ@public.gmane.org, "linux-input-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , linux-kernel , linux-sunxi , Carlo Caione , Hans de Goede List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 05:04:55PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Paul Bolle wrote: > > On ma, 2015-08-03 at 15:48 +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote: > >> Add a proper module alias so the driver can be autoloaded when the > >> parent axp20x mfd driver registers its cells. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai > > > >> --- a/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c > >> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c > > > >> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:axp20x-pek"); > > > > Should this eventually go into stable? > > > > The AXP20x Power Enable Key driver was added in v4.0, so this patch > > could currently be relevant for the v4.1.y tree. (In that tree a "parent > > MFD driver" appears to be present too.) > > (Since I forgot to add the stable tag,) I can submit it for inclusion > into stable after it's merged into Linus' tree. OTOH do we have many general users needing this driver as a automatically loaded module? If not that many then it is OK to just merge it in mainline and skip stable. Thanks. -- Dmitry