linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: axp20x: Add module alias

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Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:48:02 +0200
From:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
	linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: axp20x: Add module alias

On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 10:51:49AM +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On za, 2015-08-01 at 18:13 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > This allows the module to be autoloaded.
> > 
> > Together with 07949bf9c63c ("cpufreq: dt: allow driver to boot
> > automatically") this is sufficient to allow a modular kernel (such
> > as Debian's) to enable cpufreq on a Cubietruck.
> 
> > --- a/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c
> > +++ b/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c
> 
> > +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:axp20x-regulator");
> 
> Should this eventually go into stable?
> 
> The regulator driver for AXP20x was added in v3.16, so this patch could
> currently be relevant for the v3.18.y and v4.1.y trees. (In those trees
> the corresponding platform devices, which are needed to make this alias
> useful, appear to be present.)
> 
> Same question for 07949bf9c63c ("cpufreq: dt: allow driver to boot
> automatically"), I guess.

Yes, it probably should.

Maxime

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