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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:43:14 -0500 From: Corey Minyard <minyard@....org> To: Tim Gardner <timg@....com> Cc: kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, scott@...onical.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add MODULE_ALIAS to load ipmi_devintf with ipmi_si Yes, this is certainly a good idea. I'm not 100% sure of the string, but it looks reasonable. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com> Tim Gardner wrote: > From 07463c240c3609c1e2fbed45f64acd5fd061ce58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com> > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:18:36 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH v2] add MODULE_ALIAS to load ipmi_devintf with ipmi_si > > The ipmi_devintf module contains the userspace interface for IPMI > devices, yet will not be loaded automatically with a system > interface handler driver. > > Add a MODULE_ALIAS for the "platform:ipmi_si" MODALIAS exported by > the ipmi_si driver, so that userspace knows of the recommendation. > > Seems like a candidate for stable kernel updates. > > Cc: stable@...nel.org > Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@...ntu.com> > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com> > --- > drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 1 + > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > index 64e1c16..ecaf369 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c > @@ -957,3 +957,4 @@ module_exit(cleanup_ipmi); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Corey Minyard <minyard@...sta.com>"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface for the IPMI message handler."); > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ipmi_si"); > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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