[PATCH 2/3] i2c: Convert all new-style drivers to use module aliasing

Jean Delvare khali at linux-fr.org
Tue Jan 22 21:09:51 EST 2008


Hi Jon,

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:50:13 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
> In my version of these patches new style drivers could be loaded with
> both the driver_name/name scheme and the modalias. In these patches
> new style drivers can only be loaded via modalias. Is that what you
> intended? I'm all for making new style driver only use the modalias
> scheme.

Yes, this is what I intended. I see no point in having two ways to
achieve the same result, it makes things more complex, more costly and
possibly confusing.

I would reconsider if someone points out a very good reason to keep both
schemes in parallel.

-- 
Jean Delvare



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