Re: [PATCH] drm/st7735r: Fix module autoloading for Okaya RH128128T

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Geert,

On 5/20/22 14:02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Javier,
> 
> CC spi
> 
> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:16 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The SPI core always reports a "MODALIAS=spi:<foo>", even if the device was
>> registered via OF. This means that the st7735r.ko module won't autoload if
>> a DT has a node with a compatible "okaya,rh128128t" string.
>>
>> In that case, kmod expects a "MODALIAS=of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t" uevent but
>> instead will get a "MODALIAS=spi:rh128128t", which is not present in the
>> list of aliases:
>>
>>   $ modinfo drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.ko | grep alias
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128tC*
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cokaya,rh128128t
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01C*
>>   alias:          of:N*T*Cjianda,jd-t18003-t01
>>   alias:          spi:jd-t18003-t01
>>
>> To workaround this issue, add in the SPI table an entry for that device.
>>
>> Fixes: d1d511d516f7 ("drm: tiny: st7735r: Add support for Okaya RH128128T")
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> We really need to fix this at the subsystem level.
> 

Yes, agreed.

> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks! I've pushed this to drm-misc (drm-misc-next) with your Reviewed-by
and David's Acked-by.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat