On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:49:09 -0700, David Brownell wrote: > On Thursday 10 April 2008, Jean Delvare wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:54:07 -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > > From: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Since 43cc71eed1250755986da4c0f9898f9a635cb3bf, the platform > > > modalias is prefixed with "platform:". Add MODULE_ALIAS() to the > > > hotpluggable I2C platform drivers, to allow module auto loading. > > > > > > [ db: add some more drivers ] > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Signed-off-by: David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- > > > drivers/i2c/busses/... > > > 17 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > <snip> > > > > OK... Is this a regression we need to fix in 2.6.25, or can this patch > > wait until 2.6.26? > > It was a regresssion as of 2.6.24, for 200+ drivers; > every platform_bus driver used have hotplug/coldplug > support, but that patch stopped that from working. > > The thing is, that had only been working for a few > releases at that time, so not many folk were relying > on it yet. They would just have been able to start > doing so when that mechanism stopped working. > > So I can't see a rush to get this into 2.6.25 now. > I think the 200+ drivers will hotplug/coldplug again > in 2.6.26 ... I've pushed almost a hundred such driver > updates by now (sigh).
OK, patch queued up for 2.6.26, thanks. -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list i2c@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c
