linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() so ioatdma module is autoloaded

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Message-ID: <e9c3a7c20907011726n794308bcy774b3fff3e75b5b9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:26:40 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	maciej.sosnowski@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() so ioatdma module is autoloaded

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Roland Dreier<rdreier@...co.com> wrote:
> The ioatdma module is missing aliases for the PCI devices it supports,
> so it is not autoloaded on boot.  Add a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to get
> these aliases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>
> ---
> Not sure if not autoloading was intentional or if it's just an
> oversight, but this patch seems useful to me, so please apply if it
> makes sense to you.
>

Makes sense.  I believe the only hesitation is that it is a bit
awkward to remove (ifdown all interfaces, stop all raid456 arrays).
However, unless Maciej disagrees I think we should go ahead and
autoload it.

Applied for now to the 'fixes' branch of async_tx.git.

Thanks,
Dan
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