linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] media: vgxy61: Add MODULE

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Message-ID: <5ad52f32-658f-4ae9-902a-9a696973d2ce@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:48:54 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@...s.st.com>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@...s.st.com>,
 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] media: vgxy61: Add MODULE_ALIAS()

On 10/06/2024 17:08, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
> Preserve user space retro compatibility after the device rename.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@...s.st.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
> index ca3b43608dad..c85f356946ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
> @@ -1898,3 +1898,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@...com>");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@...s.st.com>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VGXY61 camera subdev driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:st-vgxy61");

Why? Isn't this autoloated by OF alias? There was never here platform
alias so no functionality is lost.

NAK

Best regards,
Krzysztof