On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 06:18:50PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The I2C core always reports the MODALIAS uevent as "i2c:<client name"
> regardless if the driver was matched using the I2C id_table or the
> of_match_table. So technically there's no need for a driver to export
> the OF table since currently it's not used.
>
> In fact, the I2C device ID table is mandatory for I2C drivers since
> a i2c_device_id is passed to the driver's probe function even if the
> I2C core used the OF table to match the driver.
>
> And since the I2C core uses different tables, OF-only drivers needs to
> have duplicated data that has to be kept in sync and also the dev node
> compatible manufacturer prefix is stripped when reporting the MODALIAS.
>
> To avoid the above, the I2C core behavior may be changed in the future
> to not require an I2C device table for OF-only drivers and report the
> OF module alias. So, it's better to also export the OF table to prevent
> breaking module autoloading if that happens.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <jav...@osg.samsung.com>
Applied, thank you.
>
> ---
>
> drivers/input/touchscreen/egalax_ts.c | 1 +
> drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/egalax_ts.c
> b/drivers/input/touchscreen/egalax_ts.c
> index 7bce2d90ec74..1afc08b08155 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/egalax_ts.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/egalax_ts.c
> @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id egalax_ts_dt_ids[] = {
> { .compatible = "eeti,egalax_ts" },
> { /* sentinel */ }
> };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, egalax_ts_dt_ids);
>
> static struct i2c_driver egalax_ts_driver = {
> .driver = {
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
> b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
> index 6b69f461733c..7cce87650fc8 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
> @@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id mms114_dt_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "melfas,mms114" },
> { }
> };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, mms114_dt_match);
> #endif
>
> static struct i2c_driver mms114_driver = {
> --
> 2.4.3
>
--
Dmitry
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