Received: by 10.213.65.68 with SMTP id h4csp1576588imn; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:11:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELszoBqCa4dqfeH2m+iWPm4tfsjBBBjXe2P/W4wlQdFpnfiZczmNIm+AXAV4en4lLxE+V7ui X-Received: by 10.98.157.199 with SMTP id a68mr33546746pfk.237.1522084269753; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:11:09 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1522084269; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=ZMKJ/Nd/FnAjUEt3t5muG1VXSHV42c2H6MNBFzVpp/ixr19fL7jE7iLcAN8QdBAarm /vO4H2SnwTB8bazjE54GLukx1mQPpNm1batQEnnNok6nYeCd+1Guncf5rcp070gJgv6Q Liv+jjO6dgKgTKddXTAkKN7P8GGzQ3fI06rT311gIIap5v+m297IMPidIW6naAkg7KM0 xLCsaK0PB1M1xxtLsyR2y9KsGnN6Zc0thcpEDHEQWfnyQnrtulhYvwtNFH70bosQUrS1 Tivo412/k+Xxp1lFjec73C+L0bhg9LS3+8y0ZtkC5eOLgAU07mTqmxHfcI2D+mXG62W4 FCGg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:from:subject:cc:to:message-id:date :arc-authentication-results; bh=VoN/z1PJCvxVt7yzJBW7dPI1QDr4ZNHfWdSDvyOaG6o=; b=VHD2f4DrBgH4JjI5gPLtu+bC5ckkFy19yAAuRPzCq/D0fSTlvF2JLaxinaonlWbtHe dixVv/ta8ljOucsDNRwVJWb2aqwvsdOWPeif7VG0/G/Hv7VBT9WA7Me1N5mu7PQ25aST daMI1xv3cwx6SQ1UrEdy5732Eva/blDWzVljMBqxxNXciCI5FcZUsvWKplFy1phz1tXc Lba8TqNXQPm5aeAxXs32KEAfRJfAp/95zknVKNjOEUm4ldAMjMJkQ7B6ZEfZviBkQjbV a+Hikc/WOtdlVjSL6rLoxSsPr4EvoJ8QhekHFbijkTZurHIhHXEqB+pWhdaafDEnuVww qEvA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id p14si10376456pgu.549.2018.03.26.10.10.53; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752604AbeCZRKA (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:10:00 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:53646 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751748AbeCZRJ7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:09:59 -0400 Received: from localhost (67.110.78.66.ptr.us.xo.net [67.110.78.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2097146FA32F; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:09:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:09:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20180326.130956.19399658394636738.davem@davemloft.net> To: sean.wang@mediatek.com Cc: andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: dsa: mt7530: remove redundant MODULE_ALIAS entries From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <2497321afc9156f7954e813721f60a0a95c03bd2.1522057659.git.sean.wang@mediatek.com> References: <2497321afc9156f7954e813721f60a0a95c03bd2.1522057659.git.sean.wang@mediatek.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 25.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:09:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:07:09 +0800 > From: Sean Wang > > MODULE_ALIAS exports information to allow the module to be auto-loaded at > boot for the drivers registered using legacy platform registration. > > However, currently the driver is always used by DT-only platform, > MODULE_ALIAS is redundant and should be removed properly. > > Signed-off-by: Sean Wang Applied.