[PATCH] crypto: picoxcell - Fix module autoload for non-OF registration
Javier Martinez Canillas
javier at osg.samsung.com
Mon Jan 2 08:13:24 PST 2017
Hello Arnd,
On 01/02/2017 01:05 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday, January 2, 2017 12:38:02 PM CET Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
>> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
>> device with the corresponding module if the device isn't registered via OF.
>>
>> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
>
> I think we can just remove the table, as the platform only supports
> booting through DT anyway.
>
Agreed. I should had checked if mach-picoxcell was DT-only indeed.
Should I also make the driver to depend on OF and remove the #ifdefery then?
> Arnd
>
Best regards,
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Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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