linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen: Add compatibility aliases for frontend drivers

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Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:20:18 +0000
From:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	jeremy@...p.org, Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xen: Add compatibility aliases for frontend drivers

Before getting merged, xen-blkfront was xenblk and
xen-netfront was xennet.

Temporarily adding compatibility module aliases
eases upgrades from older versions by e.g. allowing
mkinitrd to find the new version of the module.

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |    1 +
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c   |    1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index d0d5a02..43e1188 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -999,3 +999,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual block device frontend");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(XENVBD_MAJOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vbd");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xenblk");
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index b3fa27e..e62018a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1810,3 +1810,4 @@ module_exit(netif_exit);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual network device frontend");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vif");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xennet");
-- 
1.5.4.2

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