From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753168AbYECTNS (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 15:13:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751852AbYECTNI (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 15:13:08 -0400 Received: from zone0.gcu-squad.org ([212.85.147.21]:2046 "EHLO services.gcu-squad.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751847AbYECTNH (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 15:13:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 21:12:57 +0200 From: Jean Delvare To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: LKML , Rusty Russell , Kay Sievers , Linux I2C Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: i2c aliases need no trailing wildcard Message-ID: <20080503211257.389a0607@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <20080503180420.GA17990@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20080502203721.70c5dc09@hyperion.delvare> <20080503180420.GA17990@uranus.ravnborg.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.6; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Sam, On Sat, 3 May 2008 20:04:20 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 08:37:21PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > [Once more with Sam's address fixed, sorry for the noise.] > > > > Not all device types need a wildcard at the end of their module > > aliases. In particular, for i2c module aliases, the trailing wildcard > > is not only unneeded, it could also cause the wrong driver to be > > loaded. > ... > Hi Jean. > > Do you expect me to take this via kbuild.git? At your option. If it's easier for you to synchronize with other patches possibly touching this file, please do. If not, I can push it via my i2c tree. Just let me know. -- Jean Delvare