linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: add MODULE_DEVICE

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Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:31:39 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ghozlane Toumi <gtoumi@...oste.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alan Hourihane <alanh@...gstengraphics.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:26:13 +0800
Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com> wrote:

> The device table is required to load modules based on modaliases.

Doing this then triggers autoloading which for some of these drivers is
the wrong thing.

> diff --git a/drivers/video/sstfb.c b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> index 2ab7041..597e80b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> @@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id sstfb_id_tbl[] = {
>  		.driver_data = ID_VOODOO2, },
>  	{ 0 },
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, sstfb_id_tbl);

NAK - as things stand in the frame buffer world you don't want sstfb
autoloading and stealing your main framebuffer away.

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