# Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] backlight: adp8870: Remove unnecessary MODULE\_ALIAS()

- From: Lee Jones \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-09-20 04:20:45 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/09/4579646
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4566749/t.md

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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 <redacted>
> 
> ---
> 
>  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");

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