If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered device with the corresponding module. Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro. Before this patch: $ modinfo drivers/dma/fsl_raid.ko | grep alias $ After this patch: $ modinfo drivers/dma/fsl_raid.ko | grep alias alias: of:N*T*Cfsl,raideng-v1.0C* alias: of:N*T*Cfsl,raideng-v1.0 Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/fsl_raid.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl_raid.c b/drivers/dma/fsl_raid.c index db2f9e1653a2..90d29f90acfb 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/fsl_raid.c +++ b/drivers/dma/fsl_raid.c @@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ static struct of_device_id fsl_re_ids[] = { { .compatible = "fsl,raideng-v1.0", }, {} }; +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fsl_re_ids); static struct platform_driver fsl_re_driver = { .driver = { -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html