linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-pciback: Add MODULE

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Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:39:16 -0500
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-pciback: Add MODULE_ALIAS for pciback.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 13:20 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 06:18:52PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 12:40 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> > > The rest of the Xen device drivers use an module alias
>> > > to load devices when they shop up in XenBus.
>> >
>> > "show".
>> > >
>> > >  MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
>> > >  MODULE_ALIAS("xen-backend:pci");
>> > > +MODULE_ALIAS("xen:pci");
>> >
>> > Isn't that xen-backend:pci already the right thing for a backend device?
>> > xen: is for frontends, I thought.
>>
>> Oh, you are right. Cool! Thanks!
>
> The patch turned out to be even more trivial than expected ;-)

Is this what we expected to be pending work for the item "device
hotplug (MODULE_ALIAS)" on the upstream TODO list?

http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenParavirtOps#Upstream_delta_details

This was simply to just auto load that driver when needed right?

Also as for actual PCI device hotplug support:

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough#Hotplug

I don't think we need a delta for that do we?

 Luis
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