Autoload the vcan module when a vcan instance is to be created by 'ip link add type vcan'
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/can/vcan.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file 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 <[email protected]>"); +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, }; -- 2.11.0
