This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ptp_pch: Load module automatically if ID matches
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ptp_pch-load-module-automatically-if-id-matches.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0cc10c21bdf8a4a38444f7517fceb27462f8f8d0
Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Oct 1 19:20:33 2021 +0300
ptp_pch: Load module automatically if ID matches
[ Upstream commit 7cd8b1542a7ba0720c5a0a85ed414a122015228b ]
The driver can't be loaded automatically because it misses
module alias to be provided. Add corresponding MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
call to the driver.
Fixes: 863d08ece9bf ("supports eg20t ptp clock")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_pch.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_pch.c
index 3aa22ae4d94c..a911325fc0b4 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_pch.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_pch.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pch_ieee1588_pcidev_id[] = {
},
{0}
};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pch_ieee1588_pcidev_id);
static struct pci_driver pch_driver = {
.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
