Re: [PATCH] efi: rtc-efi: export platform:rtc-efi as module alias

Re: [PATCH] efi: rtc-efi: export platform:rtc-efi as module alias

[Matt Fleming]

(Cc'ing rtc maintainer, list and akpm)

On Thu, 11 Sep, at 10:20:40AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> When the rtc-efi driver is built as a module, we already register the
> EFI rtc as a platform device if UEFI Runtime Services are enabled.
> To wire it up to udev, and let the module be loaded automatically, we
> need to export the 'platform:rtc-efi' alias from the module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> index 8225b89de810..59a55e7abf78 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> @@ -235,3 +235,4 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(efi_rtc_driver, efi_rtc_probe);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("dann frazier <dannf@hp.com>");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EFI RTC driver");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:rtc-efi");
> -- 
> 1.8.3.2

I haven't picked up any rtc-efi patches before. They appear to have gone
through akpm in the past.

Andrew, would you mind picking this one up?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

Re: [PATCH] efi: rtc-efi: export platform:rtc-efi as module alias

[Matt Fleming]

On Sun, 14 Sep, at 02:58:52PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> 
> I haven't picked up any rtc-efi patches before. They appear to have gone
> through akpm in the past.
> 
> Andrew, would you mind picking this one up?

Unless anyone objects, I'm now going to take this through the EFI tree.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center