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| author | Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 2013-10-21 17:38:49 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> | 2013-11-17 19:38:13 +0100 |
| commit | 487722cf2d66126338217896642bd5eec832c34b (patch) | |
| tree | 2f0d3b4293c3f4d1bba37889b7854f8e50ae45cb /drivers/watchdog | |
| parent | 67b9fbdf3602dfd525371d7b1f49346f1d11d37d (diff) | |
watchdog: Get rid of MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV statements
I just can't find any value in MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR)
and MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR) statements.
Either the device is enumerated and the driver already has a module
alias (e.g. PCI, USB etc.) that will get the right driver loaded
automatically.
Or the device is not enumerated and loading its driver will lead to
more or less intrusive hardware poking. Such hardware poking should be
limited to a bare minimum, so the user should really decide which
drivers should be tried and in what order. Trying them all in
arbitrary order can't do any good.
On top of that, loading that many drivers at once bloats the kernel
log. Also many drivers will stay loaded afterward, bloating the output
of "lsmod" and wasting memory. Some modules (cs5535_mfgpt which gets
loaded as a dependency) can't even be unloaded!
If defining char-major-10-130 is needed then it should happen in
user-space.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Cc: Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@samsung.com>
Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog')
87 files changed, 6 insertions, 112 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c index 24a517777fa..5cf1621def9 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c @@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ #include <linux/types.h> /* For standard types (like size_t) */ #include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */ #include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */ -#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV - (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */ +#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* For struct miscdevice */ #include <linux/watchdog.h> /* For the watchdog specific items */ #include <linux/fs.h> /* For file operations */ #include <linux/ioport.h> /* For io-port access */ @@ -337,4 +336,3 @@ module_exit(acq_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Acquire Inc. Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c index cc6702fc526..a8961addc59 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c @@ -345,4 +345,3 @@ module_exit(advwdt_exit); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c index 41b84936a52..fbb7b94cabf 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c @@ -452,4 +452,3 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M1535 PMU Watchdog Timer driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c index 5eee55012e3..12f0b762b52 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c @@ -425,4 +425,3 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, alim7101_pci_tbl); MODULE_AUTHOR("Steve Hill"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M7101 PMU Computer Watchdog Timer driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c index b3709f9cf5b..3a996576343 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION(LONGNAME); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); static int margin = 60; module_param(margin, int, 0); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c index b178e717ef0..afe7d17e677 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c @@ -434,4 +434,3 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(at32_wdt_driver, at32_wdt_probe); MODULE_AUTHOR("Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT32AP700X"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c index aa5cb56cf68..dee6cc21d27 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c @@ -297,5 +297,4 @@ module_exit(at91_wdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT91RM9200"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:at91_wdt"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c index 37cb09b27b6..9fa1f69dac1 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c @@ -329,4 +329,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c index 61566fc47f8..a6a2cebb258 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c @@ -186,4 +186,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=" MODULE_AUTHOR("Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c index a14a58d9d11..4eb188b87f8 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c @@ -317,5 +317,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Miguel Gaio <miguel.gaio@efixo.com>"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the Broadcom BCM63xx SoC watchdog"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bcm63xx-wdt"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c index 5d36d6fb496..a3b6a5b30f9 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c @@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ module_exit(bfin_wdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Michele d'Amico, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Blackfin Watchdog Device Driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); module_param(timeout, uint, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c index f270bb7bc45..f7ae49edb51 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c @@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Heiko Ronsdorf <hero@ihg.uni-duisburg.de>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sma cpu5 watchdog driver"); MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("sma cpu5 watchdog"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); module_param(port, int, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(port, "base address of watchdog card, default is 0x91"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c index bead7740c86..dd625cca1ae 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c @@ -267,5 +267,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(heartbeat, __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT)); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c index aed1cbe8188..42cfd79edf2 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c @@ -352,4 +352,3 @@ module_platform_driver(dw_wdt_driver); MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare Watchdog Driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c index e0574844c31..833e8131184 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c @@ -179,4 +179,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ray Lehtiniemi <rayl@mail.com>," MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EP93xx Watchdog"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_VERSION(WDT_VERSION); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c index cd31b8a2a72..23ee53240c4 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c @@ -477,4 +477,3 @@ module_exit(eurwdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Rodolfo Giometti"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 on board watchdog"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c index 3755833430d..25beb30878d 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c @@ -331,5 +331,4 @@ module_exit(gef_wdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GE watchdog driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:gef_wdt"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c index fcd599d4e22..4a6ae84b42b 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c @@ -297,4 +297,3 @@ module_exit(geodewdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Advanced Micro Devices, Inc"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Geode GX/LX Watchdog Driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c index 19f3c3fc65f..45b979d9dd1 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c @@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Mingarelli"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hp watchdog driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); module_param(soft_margin, int, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds"); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c index 2b2ea13d03e..a72fe9361dd 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c @@ -497,4 +497,3 @@ module_pci_driver(esb_driver); MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David Härdeman"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Intel 6300ESB chipsets"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c index 439b160b3e0..04f8af65acf 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ #include <linux/types.h> /* For standard types (like size_t) */ #include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */ #include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */ -#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV - (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */ #include <linux/watchdog.h> /* For the watchdog specific items */ #include <linux/init.h> /* For __init/__exit/... */ #include <linux/fs.h> /* For file operations */ @@ -582,5 +580,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver"); MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c index eb6b5cc98ec..7ae36690c44 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c @@ -382,6 +382,5 @@ module_exit(ibwdt_exit); MODULE_AUTHOR("Charles Howes <chowes@vsol.net>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IB700 SBC watchdog driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); /* end of ib700wdt.c */ diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c index bc3fb8fe89a..db0a34460e5 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c @@ -419,4 +419,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Automatic Server Restart driver"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrey Panin"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR); diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c index e24ef6a6e06..70a240297c6 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c +++ b/ |