| Message ID | 1484578347-12352-1-git-send-email-javier@osg.samsung.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
On 01/16/2017 06:52 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > The I2C core always reports a MODALIAS of the form i2c:<foo> even if the > device was registered via OF, this means that exporting the OF device ID > table device aliases in the module is not needed. But in order to change > how the core reports modaliases to user-space, it's better to export it. > > Before this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias > alias: i2c:ltc4151 > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias > alias: i2c:ltc4151 > alias: of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151C* > alias: of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151 > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> Applied to -next. Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hwmon" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.c b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.c index 8445c9fd946b..b904cb547ffb 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.c @@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id ltc4151_match[] = { { .compatible = "lltc,ltc4151" }, {}, }; +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, ltc4151_match); /* This is the driver that will be inserted */ static struct i2c_driver ltc4151_driver = {
The I2C core always reports a MODALIAS of the form i2c:<foo> even if the device was registered via OF, this means that exporting the OF device ID table device aliases in the module is not needed. But in order to change how the core reports modaliases to user-space, it's better to export it. Before this patch: $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias alias: i2c:ltc4151 After this patch: $ modinfo drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.ko | grep alias alias: i2c:ltc4151 alias: of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151C* alias: of:N*T*Clltc,ltc4151 Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com> --- drivers/hwmon/ltc4151.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)