linux-kernel - [PATCH 28/31] x86: Auto-load cpuid module when device opened.

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Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:49:19 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hpa@...or.com
Subject: [PATCH 28/31] x86: Auto-load cpuid module when device opened.

The cpuid module is missing the char-major-203-* 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>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 2ac1f0c..8211f3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -237,3 +237,4 @@ module_exit(cpuid_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("x86 generic CPUID driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(CPUID_MAJOR);
-- 
1.6.0.5

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