Messages in this thread | | | From | Barry Song <> | Date | Wed, 9 Aug 2023 13:47:31 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf/smmuv3: Add platform id table for module auto loading |
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On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 1:01 PM Liang Li <liliang6@email.cn> wrote: > > On 2023-08-07 20:22, Yicong Yang <yangyicong@huawei.com> wrote: > > From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com> > > > > On ACPI based system the device is probed by the name directly. If the > > driver is configured as module it can only be loaded manually. Add the > > platform id table as well as the module alias then the driver will be > > loaded automatically by the udev or others once the device added. > > > > Please consider revise the long log to clearly express the purpose of the > changes in this patch: > > - What's the exact issue the patch is addressing > - Why the changes in this patch can fix the issue or make something working > - Consider impact of the changes introduced by this patch > > These info may help reviewers and maintainers .. and yourself on code merge.
years ago, i found a good doc regarding this, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Modalias
guess it is because /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias fails to contain smmu driver without the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE, isn't it, yicong?
> > Regards. >
Thanks Barry
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