linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:35:41 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl_raid: Fix module autoload

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 05:32:33PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas 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/dma/fsl_raid.ko | grep alias
> $
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/dma/fsl_raid.ko | grep alias
> alias:          of:N*T*Cfsl,raideng-v1.0C*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cfsl,raideng-v1.0

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod