From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: wan: slic_ds26522: add SPI device ID table to fix module autoload Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:12:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20161014.101237.1082985188375412438.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1476298541-7354-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, qiang.zhao@nxp.com To: javier@osg.samsung.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1476298541-7354-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Javier Martinez Canillas Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:55:40 -0300 > If the driver is built as a module, module alias information isn't filled > so the module won't be autoloaded. Add a SPI device ID table and use the > MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro so the information is exported in the module. > > Before this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/net/wan/slic_ds26522.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/net/wan/slic_ds26522.ko | grep alias > alias: spi:ds26522 > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Applied.