linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: ili9341: use macro FBTFT_REGISTER_SPI

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Date:   Sun, 2 Jul 2023 14:02:32 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Raphael Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@...il.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: ili9341: use macro
 FBTFT_REGISTER_SPI_DRIVER

On Sun, Jul 02, 2023 at 10:03:24AM +0200, Raphael Gallais-Pou wrote:
> Using FBTFT_REGISTER_DRIVER resolves to a NULL struct spi_device_id. This
> ultimately causes the module to an early exit at probe time.

So this doesn't work at all today?  Has it ever worked?  What commit
does thi fix?

> In addition the MODULE_ALIASes can be dropped.

Why?  When you say "also" or "in addition", that's a huge hint it should
be a separate patch.

thanks,

greg k-h