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authorOliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>2017-04-25 08:19:45 +0200
committerMarc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>2017-04-25 09:04:31 +0200
commit5e64ebc1c242523b491b5b5e5eba59243bb970cb (patch)
tree3b57d1a1ea4ea36a5dbaf57d75071dc598bd7f89
parenta8f820a380a2a06fc4fe1a54159067958f800929 (diff)
can: enable module auto loading for virtual CAN interfaces
Autoload the vcan module when a vcan instance is to be created by 'ip link add type vcan' Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/can/vcan.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
index 674f367087c5..facca33d53e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vcan.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* vcan.c - Virtual CAN interface
*
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Volkswagen Group Electronic Research
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Volkswagen Group Electronic Research
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
+#define DRV_NAME "vcan"
+
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("virtual CAN interface");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@volkswagen.de>");
+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
/*
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ static void vcan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
}
static struct rtnl_link_ops vcan_link_ops __read_mostly = {
- .kind = "vcan",
+ .kind = DRV_NAME,
.setup = vcan_setup,
};