linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis_spi: add missing SPI device ID entries

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Date:   Thu, 27 May 2021 13:11:56 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Wellbrock <a.wellbrock@...lbox.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
        Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis_spi: add missing SPI device ID entries

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 05:23:52PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The SPI core always reports a "MODALIAS=spi:<foo>", even if the device was
> registered via OF. This means that this module won't auto-load if a DT has
> for example has a node with a compatible "infineon,slb9670" string.

Really? Then why do we have of_tis_spi_match and why does spi have an
of_match_table?

Jason