linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power_supply: Add MODULE_DEVICE

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Message-ID: <CAF+7xWmaiBXuteFyACAJrpExTjQsFo5D+Z98+ZumCdF_5EKBSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:46:42 +0800
From:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
To:	"Kim, Milo" <Milo.Kim@...com>
Cc:	"Jeong, Daniel" <Daniel.Jeong@....com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power_supply: Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE for lp8727 charger

2012/1/16 Kim, Milo <Milo.Kim@...com>:
>> Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE to setup modalias for lp8727.
>
> Autoloading this module is not required.
Well, Then I'll send a patch to just add terminating entry for
i2c_device_id table.

> The LP8727 includes a charger function with the micro/mini USB interface.
> Charging a battery and detecting which cable is inserted, this kind of job must be started at the beginning of system boot.
> So the lp8727 driver should be loaded before an user-space accesses this driver.
If this driver can be built as a module, people may load/unload the
module anytime ( and I think this is nothing to do with autoloading).

Regards,
Axel
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