The patch titled
ixp4xx-beeper: add MODULE_ALIAS
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ixp4xx-beeper-add-module_alias.patch
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Subject: ixp4xx-beeper: add MODULE_ALIAS
From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
The following patch allows ixp4xx-beeper to be loaded by udev automatically
when compiled as a module with kernel versions 2.4.24 and greater. This patch
is required because
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf
adds "platform:" to the modalias string.
LKG7102D7:~# udevinfo -a -p /sys/devices/platform/ixp4xx-beeper.4
looking at device '/devices/platform/ixp4xx-beeper.4':
KERNEL=="ixp4xx-beeper.4"
SUBSYSTEM=="platform"
DRIVER==""
ATTR{modalias}=="platform:ixp4xx-beeper"
udev therefore tries to modprobe platform:ixp4xx-beeper instead of
ixp4xx-beeper.
LKG7102D7:~# udevtest /sys/devices/platform/ixp4xx-beeper.4
...
import_uevent_var: import into environment: 'PHYSDEVBUS=platform'
import_uevent_var: import into environment: 'MODALIAS=platform:ixp4xx-beeper'
main: looking at device '/devices/platform/ixp4xx-beeper.4' from
subsystem 'platform'
wait_for_sysfs: file '/sys/devices/platform/ixp4xx-beeper.4/bus'
appeared after 0 loops
main: run: 'socket:/org/kernel/udev/monitor'
main: run: '/sbin/modprobe --use-blacklist platform:ixp4xx-beeper'
With this patch, depmod adds an alias line (see below) to
modules.alias which allows modprobe to load the right module.
alias platform:ixp4xx-beeper ixp4xx-beeper
Signed-off-by: Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquharson@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c~ixp4xx-beeper-add-module_alias drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c
--- a/drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c~ixp4xx-beeper-add-module_alias
+++ a/drivers/input/misc/ixp4xx-beeper.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ixp4xx beeper driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ixp4xx-beeper");
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(beep_lock);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from alessandro.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
ixp4xx-beeper-add-module_alias.patch
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