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/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.ko | grep alias $ After this patch: $ modinfo drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.ko | grep alias alias: of:N*T*Cadi,axi-spi-engine-1.00.aC* alias: of:N*T*Cadi,axi-spi-engine-1.00.a Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c b/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c index 2b1456e5e221..319225d7e761 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c @@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id spi_engine_match_table[] = { { .compatible = "adi,axi-spi-engine-1.00.a" }, { }, }; +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, spi_engine_match_table); static struct platform_driver spi_engine_driver = { .probe = spi_engine_probe, -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html