linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] fix module autoloading for ACPI enumerated devices

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Message-ID: <52D8DDD4.10704@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:37:56 +0200
From:	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com,
	grant.likely@...aro.org, mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com,
	grant.likely@...retlab.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] fix module autoloading for ACPI enumerated devices

On 01/16/2014 09:46 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:05:09PM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote:
>> On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 13:27 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>> This seems a gap to me but I'm not 100% sure.
>> I saw Grant Likely introduced the OF style MODALIAS to platform bus, and
>> OF style registration/binding to i2c bus, maybe he has an answer for
>> this.
> This is needed for ACPI because we rewrite the device names to give us
> stable names.  With OF for I2C and SPI nothing bus specific is done that
> affects this stuff so the default behaviour works.
Sidenote: actually this modalias/module loading issue is different and 
not related to stable ACPI i2c/spi slave device names.

-- 
Jarkko
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