On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 09:51 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> On 6/27/11, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 01:03 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> >> ofpart.ko also provides ofoldpart MTD parser. Add respective
> >> MODULE_ALIAS("ofoldpart"); declaration.
> >>
> >
> > Why we need the alias?
>
> Please check the parse_mtd_partitions code. If requested parser
> isn't registered, it tries to load corresponding module. So, this alias
> is necessary in the semi-bogus case when one will have the list
> of parsers containing ofoldpart, but not ofpart partition parser.
Fair enough, but would you please prepend MODULE_ALIAS with a comment
like this which explains why we need the alias?
--
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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