mtd: rename the redboot module to RedBoot

parse_mtd_partitions takes a list of partition types; if the driver isn't loaded, it attempts to load it, and then it grabs the partition parser. For redboot, the module name is "redboot.ko", while the parser name is "RedBoot". Since modprobe is case-sensitive, attempting to modprobe "RedBoot" will never work. I suspect the embedded systems that make use of redboot just always manually loaded redboot prior to loading their specific nand chip drivers (or statically compiled it in).

Alternatives include renaming the parser to "redboot", changing parse_mtd_partitions to accept pairs of strings, or changing modprobe to be case-insensitive. Renaming the module seems like the easy, obvious solution. :)

---
 drivers/mtd/Makefile  |    2 +-
 drivers/mtd/RedBoot.c |  315 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/mtd/redboot.c |  315 -------------------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/mtd/RedBoot.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/mtd/redboot.c

index 39664c4..2b6763c 100644
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTD)		+= mtd.o
 mtd-y				:= mtdcore.o mtdsuper.o mtdconcat.o mtdpart.o
 mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS)	+= ofpart.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += RedBoot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS) += cmdlinepart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AFS_PARTS)	+= afs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AR7_PARTS)	+= ar7part.o

1.7.2.5

Could you please use MODULE_ALIAS(RedBoot) instead?

Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy