On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:44:01 -0300 Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > $ > > After this patch: > > $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.ko | grep alias > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar9340-gpio > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpioC* > alias: of:N*T*Cqca,ar7100-gpio > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Aban Bedel <albeu@xxxxxxx> Alban
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