Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: ili9341: use macro FBTFT_REGISTER_SPI_DRIVER

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Jul 02 2023 - 08:02:40 EST


On Sun, Jul 02, 2023 at 10:03:24AM +0200, Raphael Gallais-Pou wrote:
> Using FBTFT_REGISTER_DRIVER resolves to a NULL struct spi_device_id. This
> ultimately causes the module to an early exit at probe time.

So this doesn't work at all today? Has it ever worked? What commit
does thi fix?

> In addition the MODULE_ALIASes can be dropped.

Why? When you say "also" or "in addition", that's a huge hint it should
be a separate patch.

thanks,

greg k-h