linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] mfd: max77686: Export OF module alias information

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:55:35 +0900
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...sung.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] mfd: max77686: Export OF module alias information

On 12.02.2016 13:30, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> When the device is registered via OF, the OF table is used to match the
> driver instead of the I2C device ID table but the entries in the latter
> are used as aliasses to load the module if the driver was not built-in.
> 
> This is because the I2C core always reports an I2C module alias instead
> of an OF one but that could change so it is better to always export it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>

Makes sense,
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>

Best regards,
Krzysztof