linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: m25p80: fix module autoloading for "jedec,spi-nor" and "spi-nor"

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:55:04 -0300
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mtd: m25p80: fix module autoloading for
 "jedec,spi-nor" and "spi-nor"

Hello Brian,

On 11/16/2015 07:34 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
> Commit 43163022927b ("mtd: m25p80: allow arbitrary OF matching for
> "jedec,spi-nor"") moved the "jedec,spi-nor" handling from the
> spi_device_id table to the of_match_table, to better handle matching
> complex device tree compatible strings. With that patch, device tree
> support works as expected when m25p80.c is built into the kernel.
>
> However, that commit ignored the fact that:
> 
>  (1) (non-DT) platform devices might want to use the "spi-nor" string
>      for matching with this driver, rather than picking an arbitrary one
>      like "m25p80"
>  (2) the core SPI uevent/modalias code doesn't yet support kernel module
>      autoloading via of_match_table strings; so for DT-based devices, it
>      will only report (part of) the first compatible string used
>

Very nice changelog message!

Patch looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
 
Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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