[PATCH 14/31] hw_random: Auto-load rng-core module when device opened.

From: Scott James Remnant
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 12:46:18 EST


The rng-core module is missing the char-major-10-183 alias that would
cause it to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened. This
patch adds the alias.

Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/core.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index e5d583c..fd7dff2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -347,3 +347,4 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwrng_unregister);

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H/W Random Number Generator (RNG) driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR);
--
1.6.0.5

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