linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: btqcomsmd: Fix module autoload

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Message-ID: <85286a63-27b9-a410-d642-430bf3fb2444@osg.samsung.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:34:09 -0300
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: btqcomsmd: Fix module autoload

Hello,

On 01/02/2017 10:09 AM, 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/bluetooth/btqcomsmd.ko | grep alias
> $
> 
> After this patch:
> 
> $ modinfo drivers/bluetooth/btqcomsmd.ko | grep alias
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqcom,wcnss-btC*
> alias:          of:N*T*Cqcom,wcnss-bt
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> ---

Any comments about this patch?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America