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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:20:23 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Cc: Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip.com>, UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: microchip: drop unneeded MODULE_ALIAS
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On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 05:49:29PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> The ID table already has respective entry and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE and
> creates proper alias for SPI driver.  Having another MODULE_ALIAS causes
> the alias to be duplicated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c
> index c8166fb440ab..cdc4add5f5b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_spi.c
> @@ -233,13 +233,6 @@ static struct spi_driver ksz_spi_driver = {
>  
>  module_spi_driver(ksz_spi_driver);
>  
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9477");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9896");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9897");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9893");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9563");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz8563");
> -MODULE_ALIAS("spi:ksz9567");
>  MODULE_ALIAS("spi:lan937x");

The spi:lan937x alias is bogus, right? LAN937x switches are covered by
these entries in ksz_spi_ids[]:

	{ "lan9370" },
	{ "lan9371" },
	{ "lan9372" },
	{ "lan9373" },
	{ "lan9374" },

>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@microchip.com>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Microchip ksz Series Switch SPI Driver");
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>