linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

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Message-ID: <20170629213707.GB18666@tuxbook>
Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:37:07 -0700
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

On Thu 29 Jun 14:04 PDT 2017, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On 06/28, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > Include the OF-based modalias in the uevent sent when registering SPMI
> > devices, so that user space has a chance to autoload the kernel module
> > for the device.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> > ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> 
> I suppose we can delete the MODALIAS in the qcom-spmi-pmic file
> too? That doesn't look like it could ever work
> 

Right, it has never worked. Potentially we would like some SPMI based
modalias thing, but I'm not sure we have enough information about the
found device to create a meaningful alias.

Regards,
Bjorn