Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH] Input: axp20x-pek: Add module alias

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

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 <pebolle@tiscali.nl> 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 <wens@csie.org>
> >
> >> --- 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