linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/30] include: linux: platform_device: more helpers for declaring platform drivers

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Message-ID: <20190618085727.GJ9224@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:57:27 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/30] include: linux: platform_device: more helpers for
 declaring platform drivers

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 08:40:42PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> From: Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>
> 
> Add more helper macros for trivial driver init cases, similar to the
> already existing module_platform_driver()+friends - now for those which
> are initialized at other stages. Lots of drivers couldn't use the existing
> macros, as they need to be called at different init stages, eg. subsys,
> postcore, arch.
> 
> This helps to further reduce driver init boilerplate.

> +/* postcore_platform_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
> + * anything special in module init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of
> + * boilerplate.  Each module may only use this macro once, and
> + * calling it replaces postcore_initcall() and module_exit()
> + */

Perhaps you meant kernel-doc format?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko