When built with CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m, normal auotloading of the module when
attempting to mount the fs does not work. Add a modalias to fix this.
Before:
# mount -t efivarfs none /mnt
mount: unknown filesystem type 'efivarfs'
After
# mount -t efivarfs none /mnt
Success!
The problem still remains that /sys/firmware/efi/efivars does not exist before
the module is loaded, so the mounting of the fs in its correct place still fails,
but that's a problem for a separate patch.
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 7b1c374..b7cff5c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sysfs interface to EFI Variables");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("efivarfs");
MODULE_VERSION(EFIVARS_VERSION);
#define DUMP_NAME_LEN 52
--
1.8.1.1
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