linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] radio: Utilize the module_isa

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:37:31 +0200
From:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:	William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
	mchehab@....samsung.com
Cc:	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] radio: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro

On 07/18/2016 04:45 PM, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> The module_isa_driver macro is a helper macro for ISA drivers which do
> not do anything special in module init/exit. This patchset eliminates a
> lot of ISA driver registration boilerplate code by utilizing
> module_isa_driver, which replaces module_init and module_exit.
> 
> William Breathitt Gray (6):
>   radio: terratec: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro
>   radio: rtrack2: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro
>   radio: trust: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro
>   radio: zoltrix: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro
>   radio: aztech: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro
>   radio: aimslab: Utilize the module_isa_driver macro

Good idea, but it doesn't compile:

module_isa_driver(terratec_driver.driver, 1);

expands to:

static int __init terratec_driver.driver_init(void)
{
        return isa_register_driver(&(terratec_driver.driver), 1);
}

So now the function name contains a '.' and it won't compile.

Regards,

	Hans