linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mtd/ofpart: add ofoldpart alias

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:35:35 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, dedekind1@...il.com,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mtd/ofpart: add ofoldpart alias

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
<dbaryshkov@...il.com> wrote:
> ofpart.ko also provides ofoldpart MTD parser. Add respective
> MODULE_ALIAS("ofoldpart"); declaration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>

Is MODULE_ALIAS actually necessary for what is essentially a library
module?  I though MODULE_ALIAS was only needed to trigger loading a
module for specific hardware.  In this case, the module should be
autoloaded when another module needs it.  I may be misinformed though,
my module-foo is a little rusty.

g.

> ---
>  drivers/mtd/ofpart.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
> index aa33b8a..c4b8d17 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
> @@ -176,3 +176,4 @@ module_init(ofpart_parser_init);
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Parser for MTD partitioning information in device tree");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Vitaly Wool, David Gibson");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("ofoldpart");
> --
> 1.7.5.4
>
>



-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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