# \[PATCH 1/2\] backlight: adp8860: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS() - Subsystems: FRAMEBUFFER LAYER, ADP8860 BACKLIGHT DRIVER (ADP8860/ADP8861/ADP8863), BACKLIGHT CLASS/SUBSYSTEM, THE REST - Maintainers: Helge Deller, Michael Hennerich, Lee Jones, Daniel Thompson, Jingoo Han, Linus Torvalds - List: linux-fbdev - 4 messages, 2 authors - Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4566749/t ## \[PATCH 1/2\] backlight: adp8860: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS() - From: Javier Martinez Canillas \ - Date: 2015-08-30 21:34:42 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4566749.md ```text The driver has a I2C device id table that is used to create the modaliases and also "adp8860-backlight" is not a supported I2C id, so it's never used. Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas --- drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c index 71147f4461b8..98ffe71e8af2 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c @@ -819,4 +819,3 @@ module_i2c_driver(adp8860_driver); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hennerich "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ADP8860 Backlight driver"); -MODULE_ALIAS("i2c:adp8860-backlight"); -- 2.4.3 ``` ## \[PATCH 2/2\] backlight: adp8870: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS() - From: Javier Martinez Canillas \ - Date: 2015-08-30 21:35:11 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4566750.md ```text The driver has a I2C device id table that is used to create the modaliases and also "adp8870-backlight" is not a supported I2C id, so it's never used. Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas --- drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c index 037e43083343..9d738352d7d4 100644 --- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c @@ -992,4 +992,3 @@ module_i2c_driver(adp8870_driver); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hennerich "); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ADP8870 Backlight driver"); -MODULE_ALIAS("i2c:adp8870-backlight"); -- 2.4.3 ``` ## Re: \[PATCH 1/2\] backlight: adp8860: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS() - From: Lee Jones \ - Date: 2015-09-20 04:20:34 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/09/4579645.md ```text On Sun, 30 Aug 2015, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > The driver has a I2C device id table that is used to create the modaliases > and also "adp8860-backlight" is not a supported I2C id, so it's never used. > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas > > --- > > drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) Applied, thanks. > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c > index 71147f4461b8..98ffe71e8af2 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8860_bl.c > @@ -819,4 +819,3 @@ module_i2c_driver(adp8860_driver); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hennerich [ref]"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ADP8860 Backlight driver"); > -MODULE_ALIAS("i2c:adp8860-backlight"); -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog ``` ## Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] backlight: adp8870: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS() - From: Lee Jones \ - Date: 2015-09-20 04:20:45 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/09/4579646.md ```text On Sun, 30 Aug 2015, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > The driver has a I2C device id table that is used to create the modaliases > and also "adp8870-backlight" is not a supported I2C id, so it's never used. > > Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas > > --- > > drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c | 1 - > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) Applied, thanks. > diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c > index 037e43083343..9d738352d7d4 100644 > --- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c > +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c > @@ -992,4 +992,3 @@ module_i2c_driver(adp8870_driver); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hennerich [ref]"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ADP8870 Backlight driver"); > -MODULE_ALIAS("i2c:adp8870-backlight"); -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog ```