Re: [PATCH] video: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:26:13 +0800
Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The device table is required to load modules based on modaliases.

Doing this then triggers autoloading which for some of these drivers is
the wrong thing.

> diff --git a/drivers/video/sstfb.c b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> index 2ab7041..597e80b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
> @@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id sstfb_id_tbl[] = {
>  		.driver_data = ID_VOODOO2, },
>  	{ 0 },
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, sstfb_id_tbl);

NAK - as things stand in the frame buffer world you don't want sstfb
autoloading and stealing your main framebuffer away.

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