linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] et8ek8: Export OF device ID as module aliases

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Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:30:43 +0200
From:   Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] et8ek8: Export OF device ID as module aliases

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 05:16:16PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The I2C core always reports a MODALIAS of the form i2c:<foo> even if the
> device was registered via OF, this means that exporting the OF device ID
> table device aliases in the module is not needed. But in order to change
> how the core reports modaliases to user-space, it's better to export it.
> 
> Before this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:et8ek8
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8.ko | grep alias
> alias:          i2c:et8ek8
> alias:          of:N*T*Ctoshiba,et8ek8C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Ctoshiba,et8ek8
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

Thanks!

Applied to my tree (for-v4.12 branch).

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Sakari Ailus
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