linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/31] hw_random: Auto-load rng-core module when device opened.

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Message-Id: <e94848a44db70e3b556c2107bc2cf0a37fd2ea7c.1236702228.git.scott@canonical.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:20:38 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 14/31] hw_random: Auto-load rng-core module when device opened.

The rng-core module is missing the char-major-10-183 alias that would
cause it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened.  This
patch adds the alias.

Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/core.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index e5d583c..fd7dff2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -347,3 +347,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwrng_unregister);

 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H/W Random Number Generator (RNG) driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR);
-- 
1.6.0.5

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