Re: [PATCH] video: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE

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Alan Cox <hidden>
Date
2011-03-07 10:31:58
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Axel Lin, 2011-03-07
On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:26:13 +0800
Axel Lin [off-list ref] wrote:
The device table is required to load modules based on modaliases.
Doing this then triggers autoloading which for some of these drivers is
the wrong thing.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/video/sstfb.c b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
index 2ab7041..597e80b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sstfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sstfb.c
@@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id sstfb_id_tbl[] = {
 		.driver_data = ID_VOODOO2, },
 	{ 0 },
 };
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, sstfb_id_tbl);
NAK - as things stand in the frame buffer world you don't want sstfb
autoloading and stealing your main framebuffer away.
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