Hello Guodong, On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Guodong Xu <guodong.xu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Wang Xiaoyin <hw.wangxiaoyin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [snip] > > +config REGULATOR_HI6421V530 > + tristate "HiSilicon Hi6421v530 PMIC voltage regulator support" The Kconfig symbol is tristate so the driver can be built as a module... > + > +static struct platform_driver hi6421v530_regulator_driver = { > + .driver = { > + .name = "hi6421v530-regulator", > + }, > + .probe = hi6421v530_regulator_probe, > +}; > +module_platform_driver(hi6421v530_regulator_driver); ... but the driver doesn't have a platform device ID table nor export it as a module alias using MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(). That means that if built as a module, it won't be autoloaded when the "hi6421v530-regulator" device is registered by the MFD driver. > + > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Wang Xiaoyin <hw.wangxiaoyin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hi6421v530 regulator driver"); > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); Alternative you can add a MODULE_ALIAS(). Best regards, Javier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html