linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Add helper macro for pnp_register

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:35:25 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Add helper macro for pnp_register_driver boilerplate

On Monday, March 16, 2015 09:46:29 PM Peter Huewe wrote:
> This patchset introduces the module_pnp_driver macro which is a
> convenience macro for PNP driver modules similar to module_pci_driver
> and convert the affected drivers to the new helper macro.
> It is intended to be used by drivers which init/exit section does nothing
> but register/unregister the PNP driver. By using this macro it is
> possible to eliminate a few lines of boilerplate code per PNP driver.
> 
> If easier you can pull directly from my tree:
> 
> The following changes since commit 06e5801b8cb3fc057d88cb4dc03c0b64b2744cda:
> 
>   Linux 4.0-rc4 (2015-03-15 17:38:20 -0700)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   https://github.com/PeterHuewe/linux-tpmdd.git module_pnp_driver
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 5bf9cf2fdc9f22c7caa1c17a7eb2e17aab099b51:
> 
>   pnp: tty/serial/8250/8250_fintek: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver (2015-03-16 21:40:05 +0100)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Peter Huewe (8):
>   pnp: Add helper macro for pnp_register_driver boilerplate
>   pnp: tpm/tpm_infineon: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: ata/pata_isapnp: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: ide/ide-pnp: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: media/rc: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: net/sb1000: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: platform/x86/apple-gmux: Use module_pnp_driver to register driver
>   pnp: tty/serial/8250/8250_fintek: Use module_pnp_driver to register
>     driver

Makes sense to me.  I'll queue this up for 4.1 if there are no objections.


-- 
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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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