linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] dmaengine: fsl-edma: drop unused module alias

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Message-ID: <aR/bK9GBKDHCYvUX@lizhi-Precision-Tower-5810>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:23:23 -0500
From: Frank Li <Frank.li@....com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] dmaengine: fsl-edma: drop unused module alias

On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:45:18PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> The driver has never supported anything but OF probe so drop the unused
> platform module alias.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>

> ---
>  drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
> index 97583c7d51a2..a753b7cbfa7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-edma-main.c
> @@ -999,6 +999,5 @@ static void __exit fsl_edma_exit(void)
>  }
>  module_exit(fsl_edma_exit);
>
> -MODULE_ALIAS("platform:fsl-edma");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale eDMA engine driver");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> --
> 2.51.2
>