If the driver is built as a module, it won't be autloaded if the devices
are registered via PLATFORM code because the PLATFORM device table
entries are not exported as aliases

Before the patch:
$ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
$

After th patch:
$ modinfo drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.ko | grep alias
alias:          platform:sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio
alias:          platform:sun5i-a13-gpadc-iio
alias:          platform:sun4i-a10-gpadc-iio

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Molinas <[email protected]>
---
---
 drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c 
b/drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c
index b23527309088..c3d7ba100a48 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/sun4i-gpadc-iio.c
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ static const struct platform_device_id sun4i_gpadc_id[] = {
        { "sun6i-a31-gpadc-iio", (kernel_ulong_t)&sun6i_gpadc_data },
        { /* sentinel */ },
 };
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, sun4i_gpadc_id);
 
 static struct platform_driver sun4i_gpadc_driver = {
        .driver = {
-- 
2.11.0

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