kbuild: Module alias and device table support
authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:35:21 +0000 (08:35 -0600)
committerKai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:35:21 +0000 (08:35 -0600)
commit0e5064f80d41d75abbb10e040bbd7c600e08299c
tree6eb8bdc574cf01754670b2f34396b1a152092b1c
parent0571739cd43b80de3bfa08f55fbcf410878cbe75
kbuild: Module alias and device table support

Introduces "MODULE_ALIAS" which modules can use to embed their own
aliases for modprobe to use.  Also adds a "finishing" step to modules to
supplement their aliases based on MODULE_TABLE declarations, eg.
'usb:v0506p4601dl*dh*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*' for drivers/usb/net/pegasus.o
include/linux/mod_devicetable.h [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/module.h
include/linux/pci.h
include/linux/usb.h
scripts/Makefile
scripts/Makefile.modver
scripts/file2alias.c [new file with mode: 0644]
scripts/file2alias_inc.c [new file with mode: 0644]