diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
index 0ae0d83..770226d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
@@ -1246,3 +1246,4 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AT91RM9200 EMAC Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Victor");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRV_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
index 91a6590..ecd8fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@
 	.remove		= ep93xx_eth_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "ep93xx-eth",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -914,3 +915,4 @@
 module_init(ep93xx_eth_init_module);
 module_exit(ep93xx_eth_cleanup_module);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ep93xx-eth");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ax88796.c
index 194949a..0b4adf4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ax88796.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ax88796.c
@@ -1005,3 +1005,4 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AX88796 10/100 Ethernet platform driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ben Dooks, <ben@simtec.co.uk>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:ax88796");
diff --git a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
index 717dcc1..4fec858 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bfin_mac.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESC);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bfin_mac");
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_BFIN_MAC_USE_L1)
 # define bfin_mac_alloc(dma_handle, size)  l1_data_sram_zalloc(size)
@@ -1089,8 +1090,9 @@
 	.resume = bfin_mac_resume,
 	.suspend = bfin_mac_suspend,
 	.driver = {
-		   .name = DRV_NAME,
-		   },
+		.name = DRV_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+	},
 };
 
 static int __init bfin_mac_init(void)
@@ -1106,3 +1108,4 @@
 }
 
 module_exit(bfin_mac_cleanup);
+
diff --git a/drivers/net/cpmac.c b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
index 9da7ff4..2b5740b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cpmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Eugene Konev <ejka@imfi.kspu.ru>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TI AR7 ethernet driver (CPMAC)");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:cpmac");
 
 static int debug_level = 8;
 static int dumb_switch;
@@ -1103,6 +1104,7 @@
 
 static struct platform_driver cpmac_driver = {
 	.driver.name = "cpmac",
+	.driver.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.probe = cpmac_probe,
 	.remove = __devexit_p(cpmac_remove),
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index d63cc93..e6fe261 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1418,3 +1418,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer, Ben Dooks");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Davicom DM9000 network driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:dm9000");
diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index c8c3df7..b917616b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -2001,12 +2001,16 @@
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:fsl-gianfar");
+
 /* Structure for a device driver */
 static struct platform_driver gfar_driver = {
 	.probe = gfar_probe,
 	.remove = gfar_remove,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name = "fsl-gianfar",
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/ali-ircc.c b/drivers/net/irda/ali-ircc.c
index 9f58452..083b0dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/ali-ircc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/ali-ircc.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	.resume		= ali_ircc_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= ALI_IRCC_DRIVER_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2256,6 +2257,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Benjamin Kong <benjamin_kong@ali.com.tw>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ALi FIR Controller Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" ALI_IRCC_DRIVER_NAME);
 
 
 module_param_array(io, int, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c b/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
index 8c09344..60b94bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@
 static struct platform_driver pxa_ir_driver = {
 	.driver         = {
 		.name   = "pxa2xx-ir",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= pxa_irda_probe,
 	.remove		= pxa_irda_remove,
@@ -918,3 +919,4 @@
 module_exit(pxa_irda_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-ir");
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c b/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
index 056639f..1bc8518 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,7 @@
 	.resume		= sa1100_irda_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "sa11x0-ir",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1041,3 +1042,4 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_level, "IrDA power level, 1 (low) to 3 (high)");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tx_lpm, "Enable transmitter low power (1.6us) mode");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_rate, "Maximum baud rate (4000000, 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600)");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sa11x0-ir");
diff --git a/drivers/net/jazzsonic.c b/drivers/net/jazzsonic.c
index 5c154fe..0794482 100644
--- a/drivers/net/jazzsonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/jazzsonic.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Jazz SONIC ethernet driver");
 module_param(sonic_debug, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(sonic_debug, "jazzsonic debug level (1-4)");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:jazzsonic");
 
 #include "sonic.c"
 
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(jazz_sonic_device_remove),
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= jazz_sonic_string,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index d513bb8..92dccd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -1281,6 +1281,7 @@
 	.remove		= __exit_p(macb_remove),
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "macb",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1300,3 +1301,4 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel MACB Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:macb");
diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.c b/drivers/net/meth.c
index cdaa8fc..0b32648 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.c
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(meth_remove),
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "meth",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	}
 };
 
@@ -855,3 +856,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ilya Volynets <ilya@theIlya.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SGI O2 Builtin Fast Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:meth");
diff --git a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
index 601ffd6..381b36e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@
 	.shutdown = mv643xx_eth_shutdown,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = MV643XX_ETH_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2038,6 +2039,7 @@
 	.remove = mv643xx_eth_shared_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = MV643XX_ETH_SHARED_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2085,7 +2087,8 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR(	"Rabeeh Khoury, Assaf Hoffman, Matthew Dharm, Manish Lachwani"
 		" and Dale Farnsworth");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet driver for Marvell MV643XX");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mv643xx_eth");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MV643XX_ETH_NAME);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MV643XX_ETH_SHARED_NAME);
 
 /*
  * The second part is the low level driver of the gigE ethernet ports.
diff --git a/drivers/net/netx-eth.c b/drivers/net/netx-eth.c
index 78d34af..dc442e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netx-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netx-eth.c
@@ -502,4 +502,4 @@
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer, Pengutronix");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" CARDNAME);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
index 78994ed..6261201 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sgiseeq.c
@@ -825,7 +825,8 @@
 	.probe	= sgiseeq_probe,
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(sgiseeq_remove),
 	.driver = {
-		.name	= "sgiseeq"
+		.name	= "sgiseeq",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	}
 };
 
@@ -850,3 +851,4 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SGI Seeq 8003 driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux/MIPS Mailing List <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sgiseeq");
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc911x.c b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
index 76cc1d3..8fbc08b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc911x.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tx_fifo_kb,"transmit FIFO size in KB (1<x<15)(default=8)");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:smc911x");
 
 /*
  * The internal workings of the driver.  If you are changing anything
@@ -2262,6 +2263,7 @@
 	.resume	 = smc911x_drv_resume,
 	.driver	 = {
 		.name	 = CARDNAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/smc91x.c b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
index 600b92a..a188e33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smc91x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smc91x.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(watchdog, "transmit timeout in milliseconds");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:smc91x");
 
 /*
  * The internal workings of the driver.  If you are changing anything
@@ -2308,6 +2309,7 @@
 	.resume		= smc_drv_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= CARDNAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sni_82596.c b/drivers/net/sni_82596.c
index 2cf6794..854ccf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sni_82596.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sni_82596.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Bogendoerfer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("i82596 driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:snirm_82596");
 module_param(i596_debug, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(i596_debug, "82596 debug mask");
 
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(sni_82596_driver_remove),
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= sni_82596_string,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c b/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c
index 6f33f84..6017d526 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tsi108_eth.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 	.remove = tsi108_ether_remove,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name = "tsi-ethernet",
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1729,3 +1730,4 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Tundra Semiconductor Corporation");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Tsi108 Gigabit Ethernet driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:tsi-ethernet");