Hi Benjamin,
On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 01:57:24PM +0200, Benjamin Mugnier wrote:
> 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 ?
Most of the time the modules are loaded based on devices found, so this
would likely not change things much.
Up to you.
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Kind regards,
Sakari Ailus
