linux-kernel - Compile error in drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:05:03 +0100
From:	mkoegler@...o.tuwien.ac.at (Martin Koegler)
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Compile error in drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c - v2.6.28

Compiling linux 2.6.28 with the attached config yields to the
following error:

  CC [M]  drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.o
drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c:114: error: storage size of `__mod_dmi_device_table' isn't known

Probably caused by:
commit 239cfbde1f5843c4a24199f117d5f67f637d72d5
Author: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 16 16:25:24 2008 -0700

    Fix autoloading of MacBook Pro backlight driver.

    Use new MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, ...) facility. There's no need for
    every driver to screw it up for themselves, when the alias can be
    generated automatically.

    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c
index 385cba4..06964af 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/mbp_nvidia_bl.c
@@ -111,6 +111,4 @@ module_exit(mbp_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Nvidia-based Macbook Pro Backlight Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1");
-MODULE_ALIAS("svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,2");
-MODULE_ALIAS("svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro4,1");
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, mbp_device_table);

mfg Martin Kögler
PS:
This is the second error of this kind, I hit with 2.6.28. First is in drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c

View attachment "config-2.6.28" of type "text/plain" (72781 bytes)