linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi: rtc-efi: export platform:rtc-efi as module alias

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Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:58:52 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, matt.fleming@...el.com,
	leif.lindholm@...aro.org, roy.franz@...aro.org,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: rtc-efi: export platform:rtc-efi as module alias

(Cc'ing rtc maintainer, list and akpm)

On Thu, 11 Sep, at 10:20:40AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> When the rtc-efi driver is built as a module, we already register the
> EFI rtc as a platform device if UEFI Runtime Services are enabled.
> To wire it up to udev, and let the module be loaded automatically, we
> need to export the 'platform:rtc-efi' alias from the module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> index 8225b89de810..59a55e7abf78 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-efi.c
> @@ -235,3 +235,4 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(efi_rtc_driver, efi_rtc_probe);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("dann frazier <dannf@...com>");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EFI RTC driver");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:rtc-efi");
> -- 
> 1.8.3.2

I haven't picked up any rtc-efi patches before. They appear to have gone
through akpm in the past.

Andrew, would you mind picking this one up?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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