Re: [PATCH] drm/st7735r: Fix module autoloading for Okaya RH128128T

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Javier,

CC spi

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:16 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The SPI core always reports a "MODALIAS=spi:<foo>", even if the device was
> registered via OF. This means that the st7735r.ko module won't autoload if
> a DT has a node with a compatible "okaya,rh128128t" string.
>
> In that case, kmod expects a "MODALIAS=of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t" uevent but
> instead will get a "MODALIAS=spi:rh128128t", which is not present in the
> list of aliases:
>
>   $ modinfo drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.ko | grep alias
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128tC*
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01C*
>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01
>   alias:          spi:jd-t18003-t01
>
> To workaround this issue, add in the SPI table an entry for that device.
>
> Fixes: d1d511d516f7 ("drm: tiny: st7735r: Add support for Okaya RH128128T")
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!
We really need to fix this at the subsystem level.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>


> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.c
> @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, st7735r_of_match);
>
>  static const struct spi_device_id st7735r_id[] = {
>         { "jd-t18003-t01", (uintptr_t)&jd_t18003_t01_cfg },
> +       { "rh128128t", (uintptr_t)&rh128128t_cfg },
>         { },
>  };
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(spi, st7735r_id);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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