watchdog: Get rid of MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV statements

I just can't find any value in MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR)
and MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR) statements.

Either the device is enumerated and the driver already has a module
alias (e.g. PCI, USB etc.) that will get the right driver loaded
automatically.

Or the device is not enumerated and loading its driver will lead to
more or less intrusive hardware poking. Such hardware poking should be
limited to a bare minimum, so the user should really decide which
drivers should be tried and in what order. Trying them all in
arbitrary order can't do any good.

On top of that, loading that many drivers at once bloats the kernel
log. Also many drivers will stay loaded afterward, bloating the output
of "lsmod" and wasting memory. Some modules (cs5535_mfgpt which gets
loaded as a dependency) can't even be unloaded!

If defining char-major-10-130 is needed then it should happen in
user-space.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Cc: Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@samsung.com>
Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

87 files changed, 6 insertions, 112 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
index 24a517777fa0..5cf1621def9c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/acquirewdt.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>                /* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>                /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>               /* For printk/panic/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-                                                        (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>             /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/fs.h>                   /* For file operations */
 #include <linux/ioport.h>               /* For io-port access */
@@ -337,4 +336,3 @@ module_exit(acq_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Woodhouse");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Acquire Inc. Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
index cc6702fc5268..a8961addc59c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/advantechwdt.c
@@ -345,4 +345,3 @@ module_exit(advwdt_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@linux.org.pl>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Advantech Single Board Computer WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
index 41b84936a521..fbb7b94cabfd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
@@ -452,4 +452,3 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M1535 PMU Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
index 5eee55012e33..12f0b762b528 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
@@ -425,4 +425,3 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, alim7101_pci_tbl);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Steve Hill");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi M7101 PMU Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
index b3709f9cf5be..3a996576343a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ar7_wdt.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(LONGNAME);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int margin = 60;
 module_param(margin, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
index b178e717ef09..afe7d17e6776 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at32ap700x_wdt.c
@@ -434,4 +434,3 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(at32_wdt_driver, at32_wdt_probe);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT32AP700X");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
index aa5cb56cf68a..dee6cc21d270 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91rm9200_wdt.c
@@ -297,5 +297,4 @@ module_exit(at91_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Atmel AT91RM9200");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:at91_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
index 37cb09b27b63..9fa1f69dac13 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
@@ -329,4 +329,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
index 61566fc47f84..a6a2cebb2587 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm2835_wdt.c
@@ -186,4 +186,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
index a14a58d9d110..4eb188b87f8e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm63xx_wdt.c
@@ -317,5 +317,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Miguel Gaio <miguel.gaio@efixo.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the Broadcom BCM63xx SoC watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bcm63xx-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
index 5d36d6fb4969..a3b6a5b30f9f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ module_exit(bfin_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michele d'Amico, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Blackfin Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(timeout, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
index f270bb7bc456..f7ae49edb518 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/cpu5wdt.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Heiko Ronsdorf <hero@ihg.uni-duisburg.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sma cpu5 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("sma cpu5 watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(port, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(port, "base address of watchdog card, default is 0x91");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index bead7740c86a..dd625cca1ae5 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -267,5 +267,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(heartbeat,
                  __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT));
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
index aed1cbe81882..42cfd79edf2a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
@@ -352,4 +352,3 @@ module_platform_driver(dw_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
index e0574844c313..833e81311848 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ep93xx_wdt.c
@@ -179,4 +179,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ray Lehtiniemi <rayl@mail.com>,"
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("EP93xx Watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(WDT_VERSION);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
index cd31b8a2a729..23ee53240c4c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/eurotechwdt.c
@@ -477,4 +477,3 @@ module_exit(eurwdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rodolfo Giometti");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 on board watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
index 3755833430dc..25beb30878d7 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/gef_wdt.c
@@ -331,5 +331,4 @@ module_exit(gef_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GE watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:gef_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
index fcd599d4e225..4a6ae84b42bc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/geodewdt.c
@@ -297,4 +297,3 @@ module_exit(geodewdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Advanced Micro Devices, Inc");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Geode GX/LX Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index 19f3c3fc65f4..45b979d9dd13 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Tom Mingarelli");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hp watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(HPWDT_VERSION);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(soft_margin, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
index 2b2ea13d03ea..a72fe9361ddf 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
@@ -497,4 +497,3 @@ module_pci_driver(esb_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ross Biro and David Härdeman");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for Intel 6300ESB chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
index 439b160b3e0f..04f8af65acfd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>                /* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>                /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>               /* For printk/panic/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-                                                        (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>             /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>                 /* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>                   /* For file operations */
@@ -582,5 +580,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
index eb6b5cc98ec6..7ae36690c449 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c
@@ -382,6 +382,5 @@ module_exit(ibwdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Charles Howes <chowes@vsol.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IB700 SBC watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of ib700wdt.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
index bc3fb8fe89ab..db0a34460e57 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ibmasr.c
@@ -419,4 +419,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Automatic Server Restart driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrey Panin");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
index e24ef6a6e064..70a240297c6d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
@@ -344,5 +344,4 @@ module_exit(ie6xx_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel Atom E6xx Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index 17680aa6cb32..b4786bccc42c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -339,5 +339,4 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(imx2_wdt_driver, imx2_wdt_probe);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfram Sang");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for IMX2 and later");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c b/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
index 6d90f7a2ce22..1b5c25a47b87 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/indydog.c
@@ -214,4 +214,3 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for SGI IP22");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
index 8ced25613956..e13e65e996aa 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/intel_scu_watchdog.c
@@ -564,5 +564,4 @@ module_exit(intel_scu_watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Intel Corporation");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel SCU Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_VERSION(WDT_VER);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
index d964faf1a250..b16013ffacc2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/iop_wdt.c
@@ -259,4 +259,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Curt E Bruns <curt.e.bruns@intel.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iop watchdog timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
index f4cce6d66a55..41b3979a9d87 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/it8712f_wdt.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jorge Boncompte - DTI2 <jorge@dti2.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IT8712F Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int max_units = 255;
 static int margin = 60;         /* in seconds */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
index d3dcc6988b5f..e2bba68ae71e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c
@@ -772,4 +772,3 @@ module_exit(it87_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Schuster");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device Driver for IT87xx EC-LPC I/O");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
index 5580b4fff7fe..f20cc53ff719 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ixp4xx_wdt.c
@@ -208,5 +208,3 @@ module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
index d1afdf684c18..2de486a7eea1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
@@ -222,5 +222,4 @@ module_platform_driver(jz4740_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("jz4740 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:jz4740-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
index 8a8e3eca8aea..a1a3638c579c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/kempld_wdt.c
@@ -578,4 +578,3 @@ module_platform_driver(kempld_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KEM PLD Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Brunner <michael.brunner@kontron.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
index dce9ecffd44a..40ca5594a336 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ks8695_wdt.c
@@ -323,5 +323,4 @@ module_exit(ks8695_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for KS8695");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ks8695_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
index 088fd0c9d888..3b3148c764a3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
@@ -249,4 +249,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Lantiq SoC Watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
index 173494a681e6..da6fa2b68074 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/m54xx_wdt.c
@@ -223,4 +223,3 @@ module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
index bf84f788e592..9826b59ef734 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/machzwd.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static unsigned short zf_readw(unsigned char port)
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Fernando Fuganti <fuganti@conectiva.com.br>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MachZ ZF-Logic Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
index cc9d328086ed..6d4f3998e1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/max63xx_wdt.c
@@ -258,4 +258,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nodelay,
                  "(max6373/74 only, default=0)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
index 97d62ee50341..be86ea359eee 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mixcomwd.c
@@ -315,4 +315,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@itc.hu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MixCom Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
index d0ebebae607c..d82152077fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
@@ -330,4 +330,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Dave Updegraff, Kumar Gala");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in MPC8xx/MPC83xx/MPC86xx "
                    "uProcessors");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
index b4341110ad4f..edb31ffd7927 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
@@ -257,5 +257,4 @@ module_platform_driver(mtx1_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Stickel, Florian Fainelli");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the MTX-1 watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mtx1-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
index 2f2ff19da6e2..f9fa58409396 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
@@ -323,5 +323,4 @@ module_exit(mv64x60_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MV64x60 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MV64x60_WDT_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
index b15b6efd91a1..a0d893b0930e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/nuc900_wdt.c
@@ -307,5 +307,4 @@ module_platform_driver(nuc900wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog driver for NUC900");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:nuc900-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
index 59cf19eeea07..231e5b9d5c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.c
@@ -513,4 +513,3 @@ module_exit(nv_tco_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Waychison");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCO timer driver for NV chipsets");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
index 4dd281f2c33f..fb57103c8ebc 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
@@ -405,4 +405,3 @@ module_platform_driver(xwdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alejandro Cabrera <aldaya@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xilinx Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
index 34adb540d02c..44edca66d564 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/orion_wdt.c
@@ -225,4 +225,3 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:orion_wdt");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
index 5afb89b48650..5211d56b3681 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pc87413_wdt.c
@@ -580,8 +580,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Sven Anders <anders@anduras.de>, "
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PC87413 WDT driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
 module_param(io, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, MODNAME " I/O port (default: "
                                         __MODULE_STRING(IO_DEFAULT) ").");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
index 33e49a7f889f..e936f15dc7c7 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>        /* For mdelay function */
 #include <linux/timer.h>        /* For timer related operations */
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>      /* For jiffies stuff */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>     /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>       /* For kernel_power_off() */
 #include <linux/init.h>         /* For __init/__exit/... */
@@ -1011,5 +1011,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ken Hollis <kenji@bitgate.com>, "
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Berkshire ISA-PC Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(WATCHDOG_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
index 7890f84edf76..b4864f254b48 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_pci.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>        /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>       /* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/delay.h>        /* For mdelay function */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>     /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/notifier.h>     /* For notifier support */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>       /* For reboot_notifier stuff */
@@ -820,5 +820,3 @@ module_pci_driver(pcipcwd_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Berkshire PCI-PC Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 115a0ebebf4a..53598e832a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>        /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>       /* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/delay.h>        /* For mdelay function */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>   /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>     /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/notifier.h>     /* For notifier support */
 #include <linux/reboot.h>       /* For reboot_notifier stuff */
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ do {							\
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE(DRIVER_LICENSE);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 
 /* Module Parameters */
 module_param(debug, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
index 329bc60ad7a2..0cdfee266690 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pika_wdt.c
@@ -299,5 +299,3 @@ module_exit(pikawdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PIKA FPGA based Watchdog Timer");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
index b30bd430f591..1bdcc313e1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx4008_wdt.c
@@ -233,5 +233,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
                  "Set to 1 to keep watchdog running after device release");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pnx4008-watchdog");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
index 1b62a7dfcc95..882fdcb46ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pnx833x_wdt.c
@@ -278,4 +278,3 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Laird/Andre McCurdy");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for PNX833x");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
index 9cf6bc7a234f..71e78ef4b736 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>                /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>               /* For printk/panic/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>                   /* For file operations */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-                                                        (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>             /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>                 /* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>      /* For platform_driver framework */
@@ -329,4 +328,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>,"
                 "Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the IDT RC32434 SoC watchdog");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
index 8d5facd680b1..082d06262959 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rdc321x_wdt.c
@@ -298,4 +298,3 @@ module_platform_driver(rdc321x_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RDC321x watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
index 4d07964aeae3..a9f84919df7f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rt2880_wdt.c
@@ -205,4 +205,3 @@ module_platform_driver(rt288x_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MediaTek/Ralink RT288x/RT3xxx hardware watchdog driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
index 23aad7c6bf5d..7d8fd041ee25 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* for MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -539,5 +538,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>, "
               "Dimitry Andric <dimitry.andric@tomtom.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("S3C2410 Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2410-wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
index ccd6b29e21bf..e1d39a1e9628 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sa1100_wdt.c
@@ -193,4 +193,3 @@ module_param(margin, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(margin, "Watchdog margin in seconds (default 60s)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
index ea5d84a1fdad..3abae50773b8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,
       "Watchdog timeout in microseconds (max/default 8388607 or 8.3ish secs)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /*
  * example code that can be put in a platform code area to utilize the
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
index 63632ec87c7e..2eef58a0cf05 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc60xxwdt.c
@@ -387,4 +387,3 @@ module_exit(sbc60xxwdt_unload);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("60xx Single Board Computer Watchdog Timer driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
index 719edc8fdeb3..5f268add17ce 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc7240_wdt.c
@@ -309,5 +309,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Gilles Gigan");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog device driver for single board"
                    " computers EPIC Nano 7240 from iEi");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
index d4781e05f017..da60560ca446 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
@@ -404,6 +404,5 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Ian E. Morgan <imorgan@webcon.ca>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SBC8360 watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.01");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of sbc8360.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
index 0c3e9f66ef77..a1c502e0d8ec 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_epx_c3.c
@@ -220,4 +220,3 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware Watchdog Device for Winsystems EPX-C3 SBC.  "
         "so only use it if you are *sure* you are running on this specific "
         "SBC system from Winsystems!  It writes to IO ports 0x1ee and 0x1ef!");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
index 90d5527ca886..a517d8bae757 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc_fitpc2_wdt.c
@@ -263,5 +263,3 @@ module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
index 3fb83b0c28c2..3b9fff9dcf65 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
@@ -476,4 +476,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@commfireservices.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(
         "Driver for National Semiconductor PC87307/PC97307 watchdog component");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
index 707e027e5002..f353e18b1a82 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc520_wdt.c
@@ -433,4 +433,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Scott and Bill Jennings");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(
         "Driver for watchdog timer in AMD \"Elan\" SC520 uProcessor");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
index af7b136b1874..b96127ea3de1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>                /* For standard types (like size_t) */
 #include <linux/errno.h>                /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>               /* For printk/... */
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV
-                                                        (WATCHDOG_MINOR) */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>           /* For struct miscdevice */
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>             /* For the watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>                 /* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/fs.h>                   /* For file operations */
@@ -545,5 +544,3 @@ module_exit(sch311x_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SMSC SCH311x WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
index 8ae7c282d465..836377cf9271 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christer Weinigel <wingel@nano-system.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NatSemi SCx200 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 static int margin = 60;         /* in seconds */
 module_param(margin, int, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
index 5bca79457768..f9b8e06f3558 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SuperH watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(clock_division_ratio, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(clock_division_ratio,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
index 6d665f9c1d58..445ea1ad1fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for SMsC 37B787 watchdog component (Version "
                                                                 VERSION ")");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-
 #ifdef SMSC_SUPPORT_MINUTES
 module_param(unit, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(unit,
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
index b68b1e519d53..ef2638fee4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
@@ -207,4 +207,3 @@ module_exit(watchdog_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Software Watchdog Device Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c b/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
index 0e9d8c479c35..ce63a1bbf395 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sp5100_tco.c
@@ -580,4 +580,3 @@ module_exit(sp5100_tco_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Priyanka Gupta");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCO timer driver for SP5100/SB800 chipset");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
index 7bf8c508862b..d667f6b51d35 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/stmp3xxx_rtc_wdt.c
@@ -108,4 +108,3 @@ module_platform_driver(stmp3xxx_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("STMP3XXX RTC Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
index 88f23c5cfddb..0fd0e8ae62a8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c
@@ -176,5 +176,4 @@ module_platform_driver_probe(txx9wdt_driver, txx9wdt_probe);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TXx9 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:txx9wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
index d9af93458df3..e029b5768f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ux500_wdt.c
@@ -167,5 +167,4 @@ module_platform_driver(ux500_wdt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jonas Aaberg <jonas.aberg@stericsson.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ux500 Watchdog Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ux500_wdt");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
index 92f1326f0cfc..da6781c12523 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c
@@ -396,4 +396,3 @@ module_exit(wdt_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Pádraig  Brady <P@draigBrady.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83627hf/thf WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
index cd9f3c1e1af4..aaf2995d37f4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697hf_wdt.c
@@ -458,4 +458,3 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcus Junker <junker@anduras.de>, "
                 "Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83697hf/hg WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
index 274be0bfaf24..ff58cb74671f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83697ug_wdt.c
@@ -395,4 +395,3 @@ module_exit(wdt_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Flemming Frandsen <ff@nrvissing.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("w83697ug/uf WDT driver");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
index 7874ae06232b..f0483c75ed32 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
@@ -406,4 +406,3 @@ module_exit(w83877f_wdt_unload);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Scott and Bill Jennings");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in w83877f chip");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
index 5d2c902825c2..91bf55a20024 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.c
@@ -527,4 +527,3 @@ module_exit(w83977f_wdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jose Goncalves <jose.goncalves@inov.pt>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for watchdog timer in W83977F I/O chip");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
index 25aba6e00a23..db0da7ea4fd8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wafer5823wdt.c
@@ -322,6 +322,5 @@ module_exit(wafwdt_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Justin Cormack");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ICP Wafer 5823 Single Board Computer WDT driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 /* end of wafer5823wdt.c */
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
index 3045debd5411..0240c60d14e3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdrtas.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Utz Bacher <utz.bacher@de.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RTAS watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 
 static bool wdrtas_nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 static atomic_t wdrtas_miscdev_open = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
index ee4333c01109..e0206b5b7d89 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
@@ -664,6 +664,4 @@ module_exit(wdt_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for ISA ICS watchdog cards (WDT500/501)");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
index 5eec74053882..7355ddd0b207 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt285.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ static void __exit footbridge_watchdog_exit(void)
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Phil Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Footbridge watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
 
 module_param(soft_margin, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin, "Watchdog timeout in seconds");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
index 65a402344933..a8e6f87f60c9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
@@ -507,4 +507,3 @@ module_exit(wd977_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Woody Suwalski <woodys@xandros.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("W83977AF Watchdog driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
index 36a54c0e32dd..ee89ba4dea63 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
@@ -744,5 +744,3 @@ module_pci_driver(wdtpci_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("JP Nollmann, Alan Cox");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for the ICS PCI-WDT500/501 watchdog cards");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
index 92ad33d0cb71..7a42dffd39e5 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/xen_wdt.c
@@ -362,4 +362,3 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen WatchDog Timer Driver");
 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR);