linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:34:43 +0100
From:   Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: netxbig: fix module autoload for OF registration

Hi Javier,

On 11/29/2016 04:00 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello Jacek,
>
> On 10/21/2016 12:52 PM, 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/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          platform:leds-netxbig
>>
>> After this patch:
>>
>> $ modinfo drivers/leds//leds-netxbig.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          platform:leds-netxbig
>> alias:          of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-ledsC*
>> alias:          of:N*T*Clacie,netxbig-leds
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
>> ---
>>
>
> Any comments about this patch?

I mistakenly marked it as merged. Sorry about that.
Applied to the for-next branch of linux-leds.git.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski