linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/31] mtd: Auto-load mtdchar module when device opened.

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Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:42:39 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 23/31] mtd: Auto-load mtdchar module when device opened.

The mtdchar module is missing the char-major-90-* alias that would cause
it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened.  This patch
adds the alia..

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

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index e9ec59e..2c8a16f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -825,3 +825,4 @@ module_exit(cleanup_mtdchar);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Direct character-device access to MTD devices");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(MTD_CHAR_MAJOR);
-- 
1.6.0.5

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