From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751157AbdEBCKv (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2017 22:10:51 -0400 Received: from smtp.csie.ntu.edu.tw ([140.112.30.61]:58370 "EHLO smtp.csie.ntu.edu.tw" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750823AbdEBCKt (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2017 22:10:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170501224559.21028-1-edu.molinas@gmail.com> References: <20170501224559.21028-1-edu.molinas@gmail.com> From: Chen-Yu Tsai Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 10:10:23 +0800 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [PATCH 1/2] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: Fix module autoload when PLATFORM devices are registered To: Eduardo Molinas Cc: linux-kernel , Lars-Peter Clausen , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Cameron , Peter Meerwald-Stadler , knaack.h@gmx.de, linux-arm-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Eduardo Molinas wrote: > If the driver is built as a module, it won't be autloaded if the devices > are registered via PLATFORM code because the PLATFORM device table > entries are not exported as aliases > > Before the patch: > $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias > $ > > After th patch: ^^ the > $ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias > alias: platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio > alias: platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio > alias: platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Molinas Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai Can we merge this as a fix for 4.12?