Re: [PATCH 3/5] iio: adc: men_z188_adc: drop unneeded MODULE_ALIAS

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:59:26 +0100
Javier Rodriguez <josejavier.rodriguez@duagon.com> wrote:

> From: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@duagon.com>
> 
> The MODULE_ALIAS() is redundant since the module alias is now
> automatically generated from the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE().
> 
> Remove the explicit alias.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Fixes: 1f4ea4838b13 ("mcb: Add missing modpost build support")

From the patch description I'm not seeing how this is a fix?
Seems like cleanup of unnecessary code given what you have written above.

> Reviewed-by: Jorge Sanjuan Garcia <dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@duagon.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
> Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@duagon.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
> index cf8a8c0412ec..90919d282e7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
> @@ -171,5 +171,4 @@ module_mcb_driver(men_z188_driver);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@men.de>");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IIO ADC driver for MEN 16z188 ADC Core");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z188");
>  MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");