linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] Werror: Hide warnings on static module device tables

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Message-ID: <20080529195009.GC32180@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 22:50:09 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] Werror: Hide warnings on static module device
	tables

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 08:41:47PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Isn't the warning often a reminder that a driver should be updated to 
> > use pci_register_driver() etc. ?
> 
> If it is, it's not mentioned in Documentation/ or at the definition of
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE.

It might not be intentionally, but the warning goes away when you stuff 
the table into a struct pci_driver.

> Also, does that apply to the isapnp driver?

There's struct pnp_driver together with pnp_register_driver() etc.

> David

cu
Adrian

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