From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756988AbYKDXjE (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:39:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756408AbYKDXhp (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:37:45 -0500 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:47180 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756865AbYKDXho (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 18:37:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:31:06 -0800 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, jejb@kernel.org Cc: Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Domenico Andreoli , Willy Tarreau , Rodrigo Rubira Branco , Jake Edge , Eugene Teo , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Scott James Remnant , Tim Gardner , Corey Minyard Subject: [patch 05/57] ipmi: add MODULE_ALIAS to load ipmi_devintf with ipmi_si Message-ID: <20081104233106.GF659@suse.de> References: <20081104232144.186593464@mini.kroah.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline; filename="ipmi-add-module_alias-to-load-ipmi_devintf-with-ipmi_si.patch" In-Reply-To: <20081104233028.GA659@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Scott James Remnant commit 6c89161b10f5771ee0b51ada0fce0e8835e72ade upstream The ipmi_devintf module contains the userspace interface for IPMI devices, yet will not be loaded automatically with a system interface handler driver. Add a MODULE_ALIAS for the "platform:ipmi_si" MODALIAS exported by the ipmi_si driver, so that userspace knows of the recommendation. Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant Cc: Tim Gardner Cc: Corey Minyard Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c @@ -957,3 +957,4 @@ module_exit(cleanup_ipmi); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Corey Minyard "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface for the IPMI message handler."); +MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ipmi_si"); --