Re: [PATCH v2] ata: pata_macio: Fix module autoload for OF platform driver

From: Luis de Bethencourt
Date: Wed Sep 16 2015 - 14:58:13 EST


On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 01:48:23PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 06:31:14PM +0200, Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
> > This platform driver has a OF device ID table but the OF module
> > alias information is not created so module autoloading won't work.
> >
> > This patch adds the missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() for OF to export
> > that information so modules have the correct aliases built-in and
> > autoloading works correctly.
> >
> > Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/30/519
> > Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Where should this patch be applied? for-4.4? for-4.3-fixes w/ or w/o
> stable cc'd?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> tejun

Hi Tejun,

Other drivers with the same problem are applying this in 4.3-fixes.

I don't think it is critical enough to deserve a cc: Stable.

Thanks for review,
Luis
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