linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/st7735r: Fix module autoloading for Okaya RH128128T

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Date:   Mon, 23 May 2022 16:11:00 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/st7735r: Fix module autoloading for Okaya RH128128T

Hello Geert,

On 5/20/22 14:02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Javier,
> 
> CC spi
> 
> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:16 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
>> The SPI core always reports a "MODALIAS=spi:<foo>", even if the device was
>> registered via OF. This means that the st7735r.ko module won't autoload if
>> a DT has a node with a compatible "okaya,rh128128t" string.
>>
>> In that case, kmod expects a "MODALIAS=of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t" uevent but
>> instead will get a "MODALIAS=spi:rh128128t", which is not present in the
>> list of aliases:
>>
>>   $ modinfo drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.ko | grep alias
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128tC*
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01C*
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01
>>   alias:          spi:jd-t18003-t01
>>
>> To workaround this issue, add in the SPI table an entry for that device.
>>
>> Fixes: d1d511d516f7 ("drm: tiny: st7735r: Add support for Okaya RH128128T")
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> We really need to fix this at the subsystem level.
> 

Yes, agreed.

> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
>

Thanks! I've pushed this to drm-misc (drm-misc-next) with your Reviewed-by
and David's Acked-by.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat