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iscsi: add module alias

PATCH In review Stephen Hemminger 2 participants 2 messages Dec 9, 2010

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PATCH 1/1 iscsi: add module alias

Since iscsi transport can be built as a module and uses netlink socket to communicate. The module should have an alias to autoload when socket of NETLINK_ISCSI type is requested.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c +1 -0
@@ -2200,3 +2200,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Christie <michaelc@c
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iSCSI Transport Interface");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(ISCSI_TRANSPORT_VERSION);
+MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO(PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_ISCSI);
Acked-by on v1 1/1
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Quoted 10 lines · Stephen Hemminger

Since iscsi transport can be built as a module and uses netlink socket to communicate. The module should have an alias to autoload when socket of NETLINK_ISCSI type is requested.

Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger<[email protected]>

drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Christie<michaelc@c · line 2203

Quoted 4 lines
drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c +1 -0
@@ -2200,3 +2200,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Christie<michaelc@c
  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iSCSI Transport Interface");
  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
  MODULE_VERSION(ISCSI_TRANSPORT_VERSION);
+MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO(PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_ISCSI);

Thanks for the patch. Looks ok to me.

Acked-by Mike Christie <[email protected]>