Re: [PATCH 2/2] mtd/ofpart: add ofoldpart alias

[Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov]

On 6/27/11, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 01:03 +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
>> ofpart.ko also provides ofoldpart MTD parser. Add respective
>> MODULE_ALIAS("ofoldpart"); declaration.
>>
>
> Why we need the alias?

Please check the parse_mtd_partitions code. If requested parser
isn't registered, it tries to load corresponding module. So, this alias
is necessary in the semi-bogus case when one will have the list
of parsers containing ofoldpart, but not ofpart partition parser.

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With best wishes
Dmitry
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