Re: [PATCH] fbdev: sstfb: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()

Helge Deller <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:55:34 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/5/26 02:14, Pengpeng Hou wrote:
> The driver has a match table for the pci bus wired into its driver
> structure, but the table is not exported with MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE().
> 
> Add the missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() entry so module alias information
> is generated for automatic module loading.
> 
> This is a source-level fix.  It does not claim dynamic hardware
> reproduction; the evidence is the driver-owned match table, its use by
> the driver registration structure, and the missing module alias
> publication.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <[email protected]>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c
> index 2ea947f57efb..2745557822f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c
> @@ -1492,6 +1492,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id sstfb_id_tbl[] = {
>   		.driver_data = ID_VOODOO2, },
>   	{ 0 },
>   };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, sstfb_id_tbl);
I'm not sure if it was intentionally not added, maybe because it's an
add-on card for which people should manually load the driver.

Anyway, I'm adding this patch now to the fbdev git tree and will find out if
someone reports a regression...

Thanks!
Helge