linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] eeprom: 93xx46: drop unneeded MODULE

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 21:28:58 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] eeprom: 93xx46: drop unneeded MODULE_ALIAS

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 08:15:00PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/05/2024 19:53, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 05:49:57PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> The ID table already has respective entry and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE and
> >> creates proper alias for SPI driver.  Having another MODULE_ALIAS causes
> >> the alias to be duplicated.

..

> >>  MODULE_ALIAS("spi:93xx46");
> > 
> > I was stumbled over this (leftover?).
> > Commit message doesn't elaborate this bit.
> > Any comments?
> 
> It is not present in ID table and commit msg removes only duplicated
> aliases. That alias has meaning - someone might be actually relying on it.

It seems no users for it. The only user of platform data of this EEPROM uses
board files which AFAIU bypasses modalias matching.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko