linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] mcb: Remove MODULE_ALIAS from all mcb client drivers

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Message-ID: <20251127155452.42660-3-dev-josejavier.rodriguez@duagon.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:54:52 +0100
From: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>
To: linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	brgl@...nel.org,
	jic23@...nel.org,
	dlechner@...libre.com,
	nuno.sa@...log.com,
	andy@...nel.org,
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	jth@...nel.org,
	wim@...ux-watchdog.org,
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CC: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
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	Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>,
	Jorge Sanjuan Garcia <dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@...gon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mcb: Remove MODULE_ALIAS from all mcb client drivers

MODULE_ALIAS information is no longer needed as now all mcb client
drivers are reporting such information through MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE.

Reviewed-by: Jorge Sanjuan Garcia <dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@...gon.com>
Signed-off-by: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-menz127.c            | 1 -
 drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c         | 1 -
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_men_mcb.c | 3 ---
 drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c     | 1 -
 drivers/watchdog/menz69_wdt.c          | 1 -
 5 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-menz127.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-menz127.c
index 52b13c6ae496..f51e7517f551 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-menz127.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-menz127.c
@@ -223,5 +223,4 @@ module_mcb_driver(men_z127_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andreas Werner <andreas.werner@....de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MEN GPIO Controller");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z127");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
index cf8a8c0412ec..90919d282e7b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c
@@ -171,5 +171,4 @@ module_mcb_driver(men_z188_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....de>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IIO ADC driver for MEN 16z188 ADC Core");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z188");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_men_mcb.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_men_mcb.c
index a78ef35c8187..9774a95f2980 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_men_mcb.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_men_mcb.c
@@ -268,7 +268,4 @@ module_mcb_driver(mcb_driver);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MEN 8250 UART driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Moese <michael.moese@....de");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z125");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z025");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z057");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
index 9cc15449b673..6fad57fee912 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/men_z135_uart.c
@@ -919,5 +919,4 @@ module_exit(men_z135_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....de>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MEN 16z135 High Speed UART");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z135");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/menz69_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/menz69_wdt.c
index 6e5e4e5c0b56..3fe23451135d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/menz69_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/menz69_wdt.c
@@ -163,5 +163,4 @@ module_mcb_driver(men_z069_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Thumshirn <jth@...nel.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for the MEN z069 IP-Core");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS("mcb:16z069");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS("MCB");
-- 
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