On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:08:34 -0600 Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Provide a module parameter to set alias length to optionally generate > mdev alias. > > Example to request mdev alias. > $ modprobe mtty alias_length=12 > > Make use of mtty_alias() API when alias_length module parameter is set. > > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) If you already have code using the alias interface, you probably don't need to add it to the sample driver here. Especially as the alias looks kind of pointless here.