linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 6/6] staging: bcm2835-audio: Register bcm2835-audio with vchiq_bus

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2023 10:04:41 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Adrien Thierry <athierry@...hat.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 6/6] staging: bcm2835-audio: Register bcm2835-audio
 with vchiq_bus_type

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 08:02:00PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> Similar to how bcm2385-camera device is registered, register the
> bcm2835-audio with vchiq_bus_type as well.
> 
> Since we moved away bcm2835-audio from platform driver/device,
> we have to set the DMA mask explicitly. Set the DMA mask at probe
> time.
> 
> Meanwhile at it, change the name and module alias from "bcm2835_audio"
> to "bcm2835-audio" to be consistent with bcm2835-camera device. This
> does not brings any functional change as '-' and '_' are
> interchangeable as per modprobe man pages.

Again, why is the module alias still needed?

thanks,

greg k-h