linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/31] video: Auto-load videodev module when device opened.

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Message-Id: <a52b15c14ef27828bc6d46c7b86fead07bc8422c.1236702228.git.scott@canonical.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:40:57 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mchehab@...radead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 21/31] video: Auto-load videodev module when device opened.

The videodev module is missing the char-major-81-* 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/media/video/v4l2-dev.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 13f87c2..7de7e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ module_exit(videodev_exit)
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Device registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(VIDEO_MAJOR);

 /*
-- 
1.6.0.5

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