Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 53d64d3..1d83d12 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@
231 = /dev/snapshot System memory snapshot device
232 = /dev/kvm Kernel-based virtual machine (hardware virtualization extensions)
233 = /dev/kmview View-OS A process with a view
+ 234 = /dev/btrfs-control Btrfs control device
+ 235 = /dev/autofs Autofs control device
240-254 Reserved for local use
255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index 2cd8c54..fa6551d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
}
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(MICROCODE_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:cpu/microcode");
#else
#define microcode_dev_init() 0
#define microcode_dev_exit() do { } while (0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 5441688..c5f8eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2926,5 +2926,5 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_register_compressor);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ppp_unregister_compressor);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(PPP_MAJOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS("/dev/ppp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:ppp");
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 97b2553..005cad6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1649,3 +1649,4 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_COPYRIGHT);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TUN_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:net/tun");
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index d29b7f6..d832062 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -736,11 +736,14 @@
};
static struct miscdevice _autofs_dev_ioctl_misc = {
- .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .minor = AUTOFS_MINOR,
.name = AUTOFS_DEVICE_NAME,
.fops = &_dev_ioctl_fops
};
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(AUTOFS_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:autofs");
+
/* Register/deregister misc character device */
int autofs_dev_ioctl_init(void)
{
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 1866dff..2909a03 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -832,11 +832,14 @@
};
static struct miscdevice btrfs_misc = {
- .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .minor = BTRFS_MINOR,
.name = "btrfs-control",
.fops = &btrfs_ctl_fops
};
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(BTRFS_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:btrfs-control");
+
static int btrfs_interface_init(void)
{
return misc_register(&btrfs_misc);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index eb7e942..e53df5e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(FUSE_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:fuse");
static struct kmem_cache *fuse_req_cachep;
diff --git a/include/linux/miscdevice.h b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
index 8b5f7cc..b631c46 100644
--- a/include/linux/miscdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/miscdevice.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
#define FUSE_MINOR 229
#define KVM_MINOR 232
#define VHOST_NET_MINOR 233
+#define BTRFS_MINOR 234
+#define AUTOFS_MINOR 235
#define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR 255
struct device;