linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: bd70528: Add MODULE ALIAS to autoload module

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:49:12 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
To:     Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>
Cc:     Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: bd70528: Add MODULE ALIAS to autoload module

śr., 23 paź 2019 o 14:22 Matti Vaittinen
<matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com> napisał(a):
>
> The bd70528 GPIO driver is probed by MFD driver. Add MODULE_ALIAS
> in order to allow udev to load the module when MFD sub-device cell
> for GPIO is added.
>
> Fixes: 18bc64b3aebfa ("gpio: Initial support for ROHM bd70528 GPIO block")
> Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>
> ---
> I'm not really sure if this is a bug-fix or feature but I guess the
> Fixes tag won't harm, right?

It's definitely a feature, not a bug-fix. I applied it to for-next but
dropped the tag.

Bart

>
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-bd70528.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-bd70528.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-bd70528.c
> index fd85605d2dab..8123260a92a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-bd70528.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-bd70528.c
> @@ -230,3 +230,4 @@ module_platform_driver(bd70528_gpio);
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("BD70528 voltage regulator driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bd70528-gpio");
> --
> 2.21.0
>
>
> --
> Matti Vaittinen, Linux device drivers
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>
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