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From: Mark Brown <broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work-JGs/UdohzUI@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Axel Lin <axel.lin-8E1dMatC8ynQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-spi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: clps711x: Add MODULE_ALIAS to support module auto-loading
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:00:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140114180048.GU15567@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1389722311.613593800-tO/HdyGGtlvWO3iv0lnsqw@public.gmane.org>

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 09:58:31PM +0400, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> Вторник, 14 января 2014, 17:41 UTC от Mark Brown <broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>:

> > I can't parse the above sorry?  If you're asking how inter module
> > dependencies get resolved the module loader does this automatically
> > based on the symbols referenced in modules.

> Yes, but there are no modules that have clps711x-spi dependency.
> I am not guru in module handling, just want to understand the need
> to make this change.

It's so that if the driver is built as a module if the device is present
in the system userspace can figure out which module to load to support
it.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-14 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-14  9:01 [PATCH] spi: clps711x: Add MODULE_ALIAS to support module auto-loading Axel Lin
2014-01-14 14:21 ` Mark Brown
     [not found]   ` <20140114142159.GN15567-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-14 17:22     ` Alexander Shiyan
     [not found]       ` <1389720129.337538528-tO/HdyGGtlvWO3iv0lnsqw@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-14 17:41         ` Mark Brown
     [not found]           ` <20140114174100.GS15567-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-14 17:58             ` Alexander Shiyan
     [not found]               ` <1389722311.613593800-tO/HdyGGtlvWO3iv0lnsqw@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-14 18:00                 ` Mark Brown [this message]
     [not found]                   ` <20140114180048.GU15567-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-14 18:04                     ` Alexander Shiyan

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