linux-kernel - [PATCH 22/31] i2c: Auto-load i2c

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Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:41:51 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	khali@...ux-fr.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 22/31] i2c: Auto-load i2c_dev module when device opened.

The i2c_dev module is missing the char-major-89-* 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/i2c/i2c-dev.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 7e13d2d..f3f83ba 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@....nl> and "
 		"Simon G. Vogl <simon@...uni-linz.ac.at>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C /dev entries driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(I2C_MAJOR);

 module_init(i2c_dev_init);
 module_exit(i2c_dev_exit);
-- 
1.6.0.5

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