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/net/ethernet/hisilicon//hns_mdio.ko | grep alias
alias:          platform:Hi-HNS_MDIO
alias:          acpi*:HISI0141:*

After this patch:

$ modinfo drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon//hns_mdio.ko | grep alias
alias:          platform:Hi-HNS_MDIO
alias:          of:N*T*Chisilicon,hns-mdioC*
alias:          of:N*T*Chisilicon,hns-mdio
alias:          of:N*T*Chisilicon,mdioC*
alias:          of:N*T*Chisilicon,mdio
alias:          acpi*:HISI0141:*

Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <jav...@osg.samsung.com>
---

 drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c 
b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
index 33f4c483af0f..501eb2090ca6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns_mdio.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id hns_mdio_match[] = {
        {.compatible = "hisilicon,hns-mdio"},
        {}
 };
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, hns_mdio_match);
 
 static const struct acpi_device_id hns_mdio_acpi_match[] = {
        { "HISI0141", 0 },
-- 
2.7.4

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