diff --git a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 430997e33fc434cef3f6a93e7de30ba0c2e50480..55492fa095a2fab26fe7505143f662d665261fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -1577,3 +1577,4 @@ module_exit(atmel_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rick Bronson");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel AT91 / AT32 serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:atmel_usart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c b/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
index 0aa345b9a38bd8d605cb2112153fc49f388f8ec8..46bb47f37b9a276089332cf23dbb5462eea8c47e 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ static struct platform_driver bfin_serial_driver = {
 	.resume		= bfin_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "bfin-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1301,3 +1302,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Aubrey.Li <aubrey.li@analog.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Blackfin generic serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(BFIN_SERIAL_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:bfin-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/imx.c b/drivers/serial/imx.c
index 56af1f566a4cd1b0ebfc7d78f71646ca267face9..16ba9ac7a566b29ce016b0703f217897adc0a3ed 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/imx.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_imx_driver = {
 	.resume		= serial_imx_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 	        .name	= "imx-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1124,3 +1125,4 @@ module_exit(imx_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IMX generic serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:imx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mcf.c b/drivers/serial/mcf.c
index e76fc72c9b3610ab54dd2aec9b5814653e2257fe..7e164e0cd2116d05fef1d1e131cc859b0bcc1d15 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mcf.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mcf.c
@@ -649,5 +649,6 @@ module_exit(mcf_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale ColdFire UART driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mcfuart");
 
 /****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index a638f23c6c6110189e25284f148c1e9671ec8535..d93b3578c5e22f67fdb48b074478c042b81e31bf 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,8 @@ mpc52xx_uart_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpc52xx-psc");
 
 static struct platform_driver mpc52xx_uart_platform_driver = {
 	.probe		= mpc52xx_uart_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
index cb3a91967742b83f96e30c09225f03f4bca80de5..e8819c43f57de24376b49d7abb432cb81769e60c 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpsc.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mpsc_driver = {
 	.remove	= mpsc_drv_remove,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= MPSC_CTLR_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -2007,3 +2008,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic Marvell MPSC serial/UART driver $Revision: 1.00 $");
 MODULE_VERSION(MPSC_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(MPSC_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" MPSC_CTLR_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c b/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
index b56f7db4503100097471c7e037e76a2a967d1349..3123ffeac8ad682e4ec383cd9d9606bc095270fe 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/netx-serial.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_netx_driver = {
 
 	.driver		= {
 		.name   = DRIVER_NAME,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -745,3 +746,4 @@ module_exit(netx_serial_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NetX serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:" DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
index 8d01c59e8d041d06e695373bfde00b0eb70dfefe..d0e5a79ea635982a79cff1b8877a4ee71b12ef5f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pnx8xxx_uart.c
@@ -850,3 +850,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc.");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PNX8XXX SoCs serial port driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(SERIAL_PNX8XXX_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pnx8xxx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/pxa.c b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
index 352fcb8926a62ca506cb0f7f33d8df4a8f22e778..b4f7ffb7688d16b99facc3bd859042836bc66246 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/pxa.c
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ static struct platform_driver serial_pxa_driver = {
 	.resume		= serial_pxa_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 	        .name	= "pxa2xx-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -861,4 +862,4 @@ module_init(serial_pxa_init);
 module_exit(serial_pxa_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:pxa2xx-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
index 45de19366030f248dbda1e33d457e8c75cac7e93..4ffa2585429a4965d979b67cea2ba870357baef5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/s3c2410.c
@@ -1935,3 +1935,7 @@ console_initcall(s3c24xx_serial_initconsole);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Samsung S3C2410/S3C2440/S3C2412 Serial port driver");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2400-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2410-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2412-uart");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:s3c2440-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
index 58a83c27e14b44e5dc11574a3f893f62121a478c..67b2338913c2d08c7fd58a86836053b899cfbf0d 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sa1100.c
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sa11x0_serial_driver = {
 	.resume		= sa1100_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "sa11x0-uart",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -917,3 +918,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Deep Blue Solutions Ltd");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SA1100 generic serial port driver $Revision: 1.50 $");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(SERIAL_SA1100_MAJOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sa11x0-uart");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c b/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
index a350b6d2a181e117e2eac51a9f9fcae0a56b4134..ae2a9e2df777fee57f4b320cbf5523558587f03f 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sc26xx.c
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sc26xx_driver = {
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(sc26xx_driver_remove),
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= "SC26xx",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
@@ -753,3 +754,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Bogendörfer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SC681/SC2692 serial driver");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:SC26xx");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index 9d244d1644e14031d9cf24280c7280449a9a15cc..eff593080d4fe8358886fd02e88672704d21bfa8 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1552,3 +1552,4 @@ module_init(sci_init);
 module_exit(sci_exit);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sh-sci");
diff --git a/drivers/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
index 4e06ab6bcb6e80c15c5f71b723e912f9e7f53d08..b565d5a37499799ac3e9873a757fb1b7dc5d1df5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static int __devexit ulite_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ulite_release(&pdev->dev);
 }
 
+/* work with hotplug and coldplug */
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:uartlite");
+
 static struct platform_driver ulite_platform_driver = {
 	.probe	= ulite_probe,
 	.remove	= __devexit_p(ulite_remove),
diff --git a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
index 6fd51b0022caabc3b11ddc60eda522c2bdcf1e62..98ab649c1ff9fb0ce3ad5023df1864dd4e05da66 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
@@ -960,3 +960,6 @@ static void __exit vr41xx_siu_exit(void)
 
 module_init(vr41xx_siu_init);
 module_exit(vr41xx_siu_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:SIU");