gpio: clps711x: Add module alias to support module auto loading

PATCH In review Axel Lin 2 participants 2 messages Feb 4, 2014 – Feb 5, 2014 GPIO

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Axel Lin

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2014-02-04 09:39 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 gpio: clps711x: Add module alias to support module auto loading

commit 55fe14ab872a "GPIO: clps711x: Rewrite driver for using generic GPIO code" allows this driver to be built as a module.
Thus add module alias to support module auto loading.

Signed-off-by Axel Lin <[email protected]>

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 drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

drivers/gpio/gpio-clps711x.c +1 -0

index d355027..3c2ba2ad 100644
@@ -97,3 +97,4 @@ module_platform_driver(clps711x_gpio_driver);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Shiyan <[email protected]>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CLPS711X GPIO driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:clps711x-gpio");

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Linus Walleij

2014-02-05 10:05 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · Axel Lin

commit 55fe14ab872a "GPIO: clps711x: Rewrite driver for using generic GPIO code" allows this driver to be built as a module.
Thus add module alias to support module auto loading.
Signed-off-by Axel Lin <[email protected]>

Patch applied.

However I've never really understood how the alias is actually used during module loading. Where can I learn more about this?

Yours,
Linus Walleij