linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc8] leds: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug

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Message-Id: <20080411215455.8ccc609c.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:54:55 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc8] leds: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:38:34 -0700 David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> wrote:

> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
> 
> Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, the platform
> modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the
> hotpluggable platform LED drivers, to re-enable auto loading.

Richard, I'm pushing as many of these into 2.6.25 as I reasonably can.  A
swift ack would be good, please.

Of course, we can always go the backport-it-to-2.6.25.1 route as well. 
Apparently these problems are also present in 2.6.24.

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