If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered device with the corresponding module.
Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro. Before this patch: $ modinfo drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.ko | grep alias $ After this patch: $ modinfo drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.ko | grep alias alias: platform:max8997-battery Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <jav...@osg.samsung.com> --- drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c index 0b2eab571528..290ddc12b040 100644 --- a/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c +++ b/drivers/power/supply/max8997_charger.c @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static const struct platform_device_id max8997_battery_id[] = { { "max8997-battery", 0 }, { } }; +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, max8997_battery_id); static struct platform_driver max8997_battery_driver = { .driver = { -- 2.7.4