Re: [PATCH] Add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() so ioatdma module is autoloaded

[Dan Williams]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Roland Dreier<rdreier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The ioatdma module is missing aliases for the PCI devices it supports,
> so it is not autoloaded on boot.  Add a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to get
> these aliases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Not sure if not autoloading was intentional or if it's just an
> oversight, but this patch seems useful to me, so please apply if it
> makes sense to you.
>

Makes sense.  I believe the only hesitation is that it is a bit
awkward to remove (ifdown all interfaces, stop all raid456 arrays).
However, unless Maciej disagrees I think we should go ahead and
autoload it.

Applied for now to the 'fixes' branch of async_tx.git.

Thanks,
Dan
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