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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] eeprom: 93xx46: drop unneeded MODULE_ALIAS
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 21:28:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZjvEam5paLD0Iv6V@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6599e2a3-3b04-4ea2-aa5c-a916b66c8009@kernel.org>

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 08:15:00PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/05/2024 19:53, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 05:49:57PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> The ID table already has respective entry and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE and
> >> creates proper alias for SPI driver.  Having another MODULE_ALIAS causes
> >> the alias to be duplicated.

...

> >>  MODULE_ALIAS("spi:93xx46");
> > 
> > I was stumbled over this (leftover?).
> > Commit message doesn't elaborate this bit.
> > Any comments?
> 
> It is not present in ID table and commit msg removes only duplicated
> aliases. That alias has meaning - someone might be actually relying on it.

It seems no users for it. The only user of platform data of this EEPROM uses
board files which AFAIU bypasses modalias matching.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-08 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-14 15:49 [PATCH 1/2] eeprom: at25: drop unneeded MODULE_ALIAS Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-04-14 15:49 ` [PATCH] mtd: mchp23k256: " Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-04-14 15:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] eeprom: 93xx46: " Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 17:53   ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-05-08 18:15     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 18:28       ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2024-05-08 18:44         ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-08 19:11           ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-05-08 19:17             ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-05-10 14:28               ` Andy Shevchenko

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