Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753652AbaKZQjj (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:39:39 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-f172.google.com ([209.85.217.172]:40301 "EHLO mail-lb0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753510AbaKZQjh (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:39:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1408555596.16955.12.camel@hastur.hellion.org.uk> References: <1408552838-4032-1-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <1408552838-4032-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com> <1408555132.16955.5.camel@hastur.hellion.org.uk> <20140820172029.GA5089@laptop.dumpdata.com> <1408555596.16955.12.camel@hastur.hellion.org.uk> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:39:16 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jxw6Sc4rdLjyUywu7hhHdb1yX84 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-pciback: Add MODULE_ALIAS for pciback. To: Ian Campbell Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 13:20 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 06:18:52PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >> > On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 12:40 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> > > The rest of the Xen device drivers use an module alias >> > > to load devices when they shop up in XenBus. >> > >> > "show". >> > > >> > > MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); >> > > MODULE_ALIAS("xen-backend:pci"); >> > > +MODULE_ALIAS("xen:pci"); >> > >> > Isn't that xen-backend:pci already the right thing for a backend device? >> > xen: is for frontends, I thought. >> >> Oh, you are right. Cool! Thanks! > > The patch turned out to be even more trivial than expected ;-) Is this what we expected to be pending work for the item "device hotplug (MODULE_ALIAS)" on the upstream TODO list? http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenParavirtOps#Upstream_delta_details This was simply to just auto load that driver when needed right? Also as for actual PCI device hotplug support: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#Hotplug I don't think we need a delta for that do we? Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/