linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: omap2: Fix module autoload

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Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:20:00 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: omap2: Fix module autoload

On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:19:37 -0300
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com> wrote:

> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
> device with the corresponding module.
> 
> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
> 
> Before this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/mtd/nand/omap2_nand.ko | grep alias
> alias:          platform:omap2-nand
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/mtd/nand/omap2_nand.ko | grep alias
> alias:          platform:omap2-nand
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,omap2-nandC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cti,omap2-nand
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

Applied.

Thanks,

Boris

> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> index 5513bfd9cdc9..0934c3b3f70e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> @@ -2197,6 +2197,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id omap_nand_ids[] = {
>  	{ .compatible = "ti,omap2-nand", },
>  	{},
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, omap_nand_ids);
>  
>  static struct platform_driver omap_nand_driver = {
>  	.probe		= omap_nand_probe,