Re: [PATCH] iTCO_wdt: add platform driver module alias

[Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 04:41:00PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> The recent conversion of iTCO_wdt resulted in the driver no longer
> getting loaded automatically, since it no longer has a
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() included. As the lpc_ich driver now creates a
> platform device, auto-loading can easily be done by having a respective
> module alias in place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Aaron Sierra <asierra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> --- 3.5-rc3/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
> +++ 3.5-rc3-iTCO_wdt-autoload/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
> @@ -699,3 +699,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO WatchDog T
>  MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
> +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
> 
> 
> 
> 
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