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

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Message-ID: <66487a0e-1d20-519f-6cbf-645f8bfd33da@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:59:29 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: meson: Remove unneeded platform MODULE_ALIAS

On 11/29/2016 06:57 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello Wim,
>
> On 10/20/2016 07:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 04:49:42PM -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-gxbb-wdt")
>>> since the reported uevent MODALIAS to user-space will be the OF one.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>>
>
> Any comments about this patch? There are other two similar fixes for
> watchdog drivers that were also reviewed by Guenter but never picked:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/10/14/412
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/10/14/413
>
> Best regards,
>
The patches are all in my watchdog-next branch, so Wim will hopefully
pick them up for the next release.

Guenter