linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/12] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Don't match on descriptor GUID modalias

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:57:07 -0500
From:   Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
To:     dvhart@...radead.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, quasisec@...gle.com,
        pali.rohar@...il.com,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/12] platform/x86: dell-wmi: Don't match on descriptor GUID modalias

The descriptor GUID is not used to indicate that WMI notifications
in the dell-wmi driver work properly.  As such a modalias should
not be present that causes this driver to load on systems with this
GUID.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@...l.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
index 28d9f8696081..1fbef560ca67 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static bool wmi_requires_smbios_request;
 
 MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:"DELL_EVENT_GUID);
-MODULE_ALIAS("wmi:"DELL_DESCRIPTOR_GUID);
 
 struct dell_wmi_priv {
 	struct input_dev *input_dev;
-- 
2.14.1