Hi Sakari,
On 6/11/24 10:21, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 05:08:15PM +0200, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
>> Preserve user space retro compatibility after the device rename.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Mugnier <benjamin.mugnier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>> index ca3b43608dad..c85f356946ca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/i2c/vgxy61.c
>> @@ -1898,3 +1898,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@xxxxxx>");
>> MODULE_AUTHOR("Sylvain Petinot <sylvain.petinot@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
>> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VGXY61 camera subdev driver");
>> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:st-vgxy61");
>
> Perhaps just "st-vgxy61" so that the module still loads if someone loads it
> explicitly? That's what you'd want, right, as the old compatible string
> will remain?
>
Yes it is for explicit loading. I'll remove the "platform" prefix.
But maybe I'm overthinking and I could just remove the MODULE_ALIAS()
completely from this series. What do you think ?
--
Regards,
Benjamin
