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-rw-r--r--drivers/of/base.c25
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index ad8ac1a8af28..cd1ce7ab8517 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -420,13 +420,12 @@ static struct of_modalias_table of_modalias_table[] = {
* @len: Length of modalias value
*
* Based on the value of the compatible property, this routine will determine
- * an appropriate modalias value for a particular device tree node. Three
- * separate methods are used to derive a modalias value.
+ * an appropriate modalias value for a particular device tree node. Two
+ * separate methods are attempted to derive a modalias value.
*
* First method is to lookup the compatible value in of_modalias_table.
- * Second is to look for a "linux,<modalias>" entry in the compatible list
- * and used that for modalias. Third is to strip off the manufacturer
- * prefix from the first compatible entry and use the remainder as modalias
+ * Second is to strip off the manufacturer prefix from the first
+ * compatible entry and use the remainder as modalias
*
* This routine returns 0 on success
*/
@@ -449,21 +448,7 @@ int of_modalias_node(struct device_node *node, char *modalias, int len)
if (!compatible)
return -ENODEV;
- /* 2. search for linux,<modalias> entry */
- p = compatible;
- while (cplen > 0) {
- if (!strncmp(p, "linux,", 6)) {
- p += 6;
- strlcpy(modalias, p, len);
- return 0;
- }
-
- i = strlen(p) + 1;
- p += i;
- cplen -= i;
- }
-
- /* 3. take first compatible entry and strip manufacturer */
+ /* 2. take first compatible entry and strip manufacturer */
p = strchr(compatible, ',');
if (!p)
return -ENODEV;