Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/7] i2c: core: Export I2C module alias information in dummy driver

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Aug 26 2015 - 14:10:10 EST


Hello Wolfram,

On 08/26/2015 06:55 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 08:31:11AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> The I2C core always reports the MODALIAS uevent as "i2c:<modalias>"
>> regardless of the mechanism that was used to register the device
>> (i.e: OF or board code) and the table that is used later to match
>> the driver with the device (i.e: I2C id table or OF match table).
>>
>> So drivers needs to export the I2C id table and this be built into
>> the module or udev won't have the necessary information to autoload
>> the needed driver module when the device is added.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The dummy driver is always loaded when the i2c core inits.
>

Ok, I wondered if that was the case but I
was not sure so I posted it just in case.

Then this patch should be dropped.

Best regards,
--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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