Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:04:11 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] drivercore: Generalize module_platform_driver |
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:13:35AM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > This patch generalizes the module_platform_driver macro and introduces a new > module_driver macro. The module_driver macro takes a driver name, a register > and a unregister function for this driver type. Using these it construct the > module init and exit sections which register and unregister the driver. Since > such init/exit sections are commonly found in drivers this macro can be used > to eliminate a lot of boilerplate code. > > The macro is not intended to be used by driver modules directly, instead it > should be used to generate bus specific macros for registering drivers like > the module_platform_driver macro. > > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> > Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> > Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> > Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> > --- > include/linux/init.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
I've moved this from init.h (which is trying to get away from module-specific stuff) to device.h, which is where this really should be.
thanks,
greg k-h
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