Hi Javier, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 04:43:37PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > Hello Guenter, > > On 10/14/2016 01:55 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 12:23:50PM -0300, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >> 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/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.ko | grep alias > >> $ > >> > >> After this patch: > >> > >> $ modinfo drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.ko | grep alias > >> alias: of:N*T*Cbrcm,bcm7038-wdtC* > >> alias: of:N*T*Cbrcm,bcm7038-wdt > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Are you going to pick this (and patch 2/2)? > > I'm asking because you provided your r-b tag but the patch > was never merged, so I wonder who should I ping about it. > Wim would be the one to pick it. Maybe it got lost. I hope I'll find some time during the weekend to update my tracking branch. Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
