linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: add Intel WhiskeyCove GPIO driver

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:37:24 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Bin Gao <bin.gao@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ajay Thomas <ajay.thomas.david.rajamanickam@...el.com>,
	Yegnesh S Iyer <yegnesh.s.iyer@...el.com>,
	Bin Gao <bin.gao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpio: add Intel WhiskeyCove GPIO driver

On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 08:54:32PM -0700, Bin Gao wrote:
> > > +#define DRV_NAME "bxt_wcove_gpio"
> > 
> > Drop this.
> We have _TWO_ places using DRV_NAME(near the end of the file):
> static struct platform_driver wcove_gpio_driver = {
>        .driver = {
>                .name = DRV_NAME,
>        },
> 
> and
> 
> MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
> 
> You are suggesting to replace DRV_NAME with bxt_wcove_gpio(but why?)
> or something else?

Do instead this:

	.driver = {
		.name ="bxt_wcove_gpio",
	},

and

MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bxt_wcove_gpio");