linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwrng: meson: Remove unneeded platform MODULE

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:43:41 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@...il.com>,
        Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwrng: meson: Remove unneeded platform MODULE_ALIAS

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 04:50:18PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The Amlogic Meson is a DT-only platform, which means the devices are
> registered via OF and not using the legacy platform devices support.
> 
> So there's no need to have a MODULE_ALIAS("platform:meson-rng") since
> the reported uevent MODALIAS to user-space will always be the OF one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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