If we are registering an i2c device that has a device tree node like this real-world example: rtc@68 { compatible = "dallas,ds1337"; reg = <0x68>; }; of_i2c_register_devices() will try to load a module called ds1337.ko. There is no such module, so it will fail. If we look in modules.alias we will find entries like these: . . . alias i2c:ds1339 rtc_ds1307 alias i2c:ds1338 rtc_ds1307 alias i2c:ds1337 rtc_ds1307 alias i2c:ds1307 rtc_ds1307 alias i2c:ds1374 rtc_ds1374 . . . The module we want is really called rtc_ds1307.ko. If we request a module called "i2c:ds1337", the userspace module loader will do the right thing (unless it is busybox) and load rtc_ds1307.ko. So we add the I2C_MODULE_PREFIX to the request_module() string. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/of_i2c.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/of_i2c.c b/drivers/of/of_i2c.c index c85d3c7..f37fbeb 100644 --- a/drivers/of/of_i2c.c +++ b/drivers/of/of_i2c.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void of_i2c_register_devices(struct i2c_adapter *adap) info.of_node = of_node_get(node); info.archdata = &dev_ad; - request_module("%s", info.type); + request_module("%s%s", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, info.type); result = i2c_new_device(adap, &info); if (result == NULL) { -- 1.7.2.3