On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]> 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/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpio > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpio > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]> Patch applied with Alban's ACK. Yours, Linus Walleij
