linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sunxi-rsb: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:47:34 +0100
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sunxi-rsb: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 08:05:34PM +0100, Stefan Brüns wrote:
> Include the OF-based modalias in the uevent sent when registering devices
> on the sunxi RSB bus, so that user space has a chance to autoload the
> kernel module for the device.
> 
> Fixes a regression caused by commit 3f241bfa60bd ("arm64: allwinner: a64:
> pine64: Use dcdc1 regulator for mmc0"). When the axp20x-rsb module for
> the AXP803 PMIC is built as a module, it is not loaded and the system
> ends up with an disfunctional MMC controller.
> 
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...h-aachen.de>

Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>

Maxime

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