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

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VfhM5GuYY1qUKgBhePDo4oe5k3K1ZDTPbYJNr5NtjVVfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:12:29 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>
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	Jorge Sanjuan Garcia <dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@...gon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mcb: Remove MODULE_ALIAS from all mcb client drivers

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin
<dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com> wrote:
>
> MODULE_ALIAS information is no longer needed as now all mcb client
> drivers are reporting such information through MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE.

While this is not a big change, I still would recommend to split on
per-driver basis, and with pushing the first one as kinda a fix after
v6.19-rc1 (to v6.19-rcX) allows other maintainers to apply the rest on
driver-basis. This helps everybody I assume.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko