linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] iio: adc: men_z188_adc: drop unneeded MODULE

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Message-ID: <20260111122157.2fb32838@jic23-huawei>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:21:57 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>
Cc: dlechner@...libre.com, nuno.sa@...log.com, andriy.shevchenko@...el.com,
 dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@...gon.com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] iio: adc: men_z188_adc: drop unneeded
 MODULE_ALIAS

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:53:01 +0100
Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com> wrote:

> Since commit 1f4ea4838b13 ("mcb: Add missing modpost build support")
> the MODULE_ALIAS() is redundant as the module alias is now
> automatically generated from the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE().
> 
> Remove the explicit alias.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jorge Sanjuan Garcia <dev-jorge.sanjuangarcia@...gon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jose Javier Rodriguez Barbarin <dev-josejavier.rodriguez@...gon.com>
Applied. Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
>  drivers/iio/adc/men_z188_adc.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 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");