Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add helper macro for pci_register_driver boilerplate

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 10:28:29AM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:12:49 -0800
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > 
> > This patch introduces the module_pci_driver macro which is a convenience
> > macro for PCI driver modules similar to module_platform_driver. It is
> > intended to be used by drivers which init/exit section does nothing but
> > register/unregister the PCI driver. By using this macro it is possible
> > to eliminate a few lines of boilerplate code per PCI driver.
> > 
> > Based on work done by Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> for other
> > busses (i2c and spi).
> > 
> > Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Jesse, I've added the same type of macros for i2c, spi, and usb to my
> > driver-core tree, and converted a number of drivers to these new macros.
> > If you give me the ack, I can add this patch to my tree as well.
> > 
> > I'll follow up this patch with an example showing how it works.
> > 
> > Comments?
> > 
> 
> Yeah, I have no problem with it.  You can queue it up with the other
> changes and add my acked-by to keep dependencies to a minimum.

Wonderful, will do.

greg k-h