[RGC PATCH 0/2] split file2alias using elf sections

[Alessandro Rubini]

When adding a new bus type with autoloading of modules, people should
always change the global scripts/mod/file2alias.c source file, whereas
most of the new code is just new files and individual Makefile/Kconfig
lines.

The first patch turns all the "normal" alias generation in a
table-driven loop. The second patch moves a few alias types out of the
main file2alias.c source, as a demonstration that the thing works.

I didn't move all bus/alias types out of the main file, as it's a huge
work. But if the approach is going to be accepted I can do that (or
happily leave the task to who volunteers).

/alessandro

Alessandro Rubini (2):
  modpost: use table-lookup to build module aliases
  modpost: use config and ELF sections to build file2alias

 scripts/mod/Makefile        |   13 ++-
 scripts/mod/alias_acpi.c    |   14 ++
 scripts/mod/alias_bcma.c    |   25 ++++
 scripts/mod/alias_pci.c     |   49 +++++++
 scripts/mod/alias_spi.c     |   15 +++
 scripts/mod/device_switch.h |   47 +++++++
 scripts/mod/file2alias.c    |  294 ++++++++-----------------------------------
 scripts/mod/modpost.h       |   18 +++
 scripts/mod/modpost.lds     |    9 ++
 9 files changed, 243 insertions(+), 241 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/alias_acpi.c
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/alias_bcma.c
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/alias_pci.c
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/alias_spi.c
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/device_switch.h
 create mode 100644 scripts/mod/modpost.lds
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