Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756243AbcJSFFp (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:05:45 -0400 Received: from guitar.tcltek.co.il ([192.115.133.116]:52023 "EHLO mx.tkos.co.il" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750775AbcJSFFf (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:05:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:05:28 +0300 From: Baruch Siach To: Javier Martinez Canillas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] i2c: digicolor: Fix module autoload Message-ID: <20161019050528.ahtibbag7n6gksic@tarshish> References: <1476824508-4679-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> <1476824508-4679-5-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1476824508-4679-5-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20160916 (1.7.0) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1558 Lines: 47 Hi Javier Martinez Canillas, On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:01:48PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module > alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered > device with the corresponding module. > > Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro. > > Before this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.ko | grep alias > alias: of:N*T*Ccnxt,cx92755-i2cC* > alias: of:N*T*Ccnxt,cx92755-i2c > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Acked-by: Baruch Siach Thanks, baruch > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.c > index 9604024e0eb0..49f2084f7bb5 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-digicolor.c > @@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id dc_i2c_match[] = { > { .compatible = "cnxt,cx92755-i2c" }, > { }, > }; > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, dc_i2c_match); > > static struct platform_driver dc_i2c_driver = { > .probe = dc_i2c_probe, -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.52.368.4656, http://www.tkos.co.il -