Re: [PATCH] ata: pata_macio: Fix module autoload for OF platform driver

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Sep 15 2015 - 11:52:25 EST


On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 05:45:52PM +0200, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> This platform driver has a OF device ID table but the OF module
> alias information is not created so module autoloading won't work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hello,
>
> This patch adds the missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() for OF to export
> that information so modules have the correct aliases built-in and
> autoloading works correctly.
>
> A longer explanation by Javier Canillas can be found here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/30/519

Can you please include that in the patch description? Or at least add
Link: tag? Also, should this be routed through -stable?

Thanks.

--
tejun
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