Re: [PATCH 2/2] mfd: intel_soc_pmic_chtwc: Fix module autoload

[Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>]

Hello Hans,

On 08/09/2017 02:02 PM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 09-08-17 10:44, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> The driver has a tristate Kconfig symbol so it can be built as a module,
>> but it doesn't export the device aliases in the module. So if the driver
>> is built as module, autoload won't work since udev/kmod won't be able to
>> match the registered ACPI device with its corresponding driver module.
>>
>> Use the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro to export the ACPI device as alias.
>>
>> Before this patch:
>>
>> $ modinfo drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_chtwc.ko | grep alias
>> $
>>
>> After this patch
>>
>> $ modinfo drivers/mfd/intel_soc_pmic_chtwc.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          acpi*:INT34D3:*
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> 
> As the Kconfig help text mentions this driver should always be
> builtin if enabled. But I somehow made a mistake and it became a
> tristate  in Kconfig instead of a bool. A patch to fix this
> (make it a bool) is pending, so this patch is not necessary:
> 
> NACK.
>

I see, sorry for the noise then. I just looked at the Kconfig symbol but didn't
read the Kconfig help text...

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat