[PATCH] perf/smmuv3: Add platform id table for module auto loading

Liang Li liliang6 at email.cn
Tue Aug 8 19:45:07 PDT 2023


On 2023-08-07 20:22, Yicong Yang <yangyicong at huawei.com> wrote:
> From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong at hisilicon.com>
> 
> On ACPI based system the device is probed by the name directly. If the
> driver is configured as module it can only be loaded manually. Add the
> platform id table as well as the module alias then the driver will be
> loaded automatically by the udev or others once the device added.
>

Please consider revise the long log to clearly express the purpose of the
changes in this patch:

- What's the exact issue the patch is addressing
- Why the changes in this patch can fix the issue or make something working
- Consider impact of the changes introduced by this patch

These info may help reviewers and maintainers .. and yourself on code merge.

Regards.




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