* [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Define module alias for platform device
@ 2008-02-16 17:16 Martin Michlmayr
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From: Martin Michlmayr @ 2008-02-16 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dale Farnsworth, netdev
The mv643xx_eth driver can be loaded as a platform device, as is done by
various Orion (ARM) based devices. The driver needs to define a module
alias for the platform driver so udev will load it automatically.
Tested with Debian on a QNAP TS-209.
Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR( "Rabeeh Khoury, Assaf Hoffman, Matthew Dharm, Manish Lachwani"
" and Dale Farnsworth");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet driver for Marvell MV643XX");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mv643xx_eth");
/*
* The second part is the low level driver of the gigE ethernet ports.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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* [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Define module alias for platform device
@ 2008-02-28 20:11 Martin Michlmayr
2008-03-05 11:28 ` Jeff Garzik
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Martin Michlmayr @ 2008-02-28 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: Dale Farnsworth, netdev
The mv643xx_eth driver can be loaded as a platform device, as is done by
various Orion (ARM) based devices. The driver needs to define a module
alias for the platform driver so udev will load it automatically.
Tested with Debian on a QNAP TS-209.
Signed-off-by: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR( "Rabeeh Khoury, Assaf Hoffman, Matthew Dharm, Manish Lachwani"
" and Dale Farnsworth");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet driver for Marvell MV643XX");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mv643xx_eth");
/*
* The second part is the low level driver of the gigE ethernet ports.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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* Re: [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Define module alias for platform device
2008-02-28 20:11 [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: Define module alias for platform device Martin Michlmayr
@ 2008-03-05 11:28 ` Jeff Garzik
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Garzik @ 2008-03-05 11:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Michlmayr; +Cc: Dale Farnsworth, netdev
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