linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when OF devices are registered

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Message-ID: <ce97e18f-aeb6-79c3-1fa3-048674769361@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 7 May 2017 14:46:28 +0100
From:   Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>, knaack.h@....de,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [PATCH 2/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module
 autoload when OF devices are registered

On 02/05/17 03:09, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@...il.com> wrote:
>> If the driver is built as a module, it won't be autloaded if the devices
>> are registered via OF code because the OF device table
>> entries are not exported as aliases
>>
>> Before the patch:
>> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio
>>
>> After the patch:
>> $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          of:N*T*Callwinner,sun8i-a33-thsC*
>> alias:          of:N*T*Callwinner,sun8i-a33-ths
>> alias:          platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio
>> alias:          platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Molinas <edu.molinas@...il.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> 
> Can we merge this as a fix for 4.12?
Applied to the fixes-togreg branch of iio.git.

Thanks,

Jonathan
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