Re: [PATCH 00/18] Export SPI and OF module aliases in missing drivers

Brian Norris
2015-08-20T21:12:19Z

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 09:07:13AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Patches #1 and #2 solves a), patches #3 to #8 solves b) and patches

^^^ I'm dying to know how this sentence ends :)

> Patch #18 changes the logic of spi_uevent() to report an OF modalias if
> the device was registered using OF. But this patch is included in the
> series only as an RFC for illustration purposes since changing that
> without first applying all the other patches in this series, will break
> module autoloading for the drivers of devices registered using OF but
> that lacks an of_match_table. I'll repost patch #18 once all the patches
> in this series have landed.

On a more productive note, the patches I've looked at look good to me.
The missing aliases are a problem enough that should be fixed (i.e.,
part (b)). I'll leave the SPI framework changes to others to comment on.

Brian