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/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.ko | grep alias $ After this patch: $ modinfo drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.ko | grep alias alias: of:N*T*Cnetlogic,xlp980-i2cC* alias: of:N*T*Cnetlogic,xlp980-i2c Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c index 2a972ed7aa0d..e29ff37a43bd 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xlp9xx.c @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id xlp9xx_i2c_of_match[] = { { .compatible = "netlogic,xlp980-i2c", }, { /* sentinel */ }, }; +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, xlp9xx_i2c_of_match); #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI static const struct acpi_device_id xlp9xx_i2c_acpi_ids[] = { -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html