From: Jean Delvare Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:13:57 +0000 (+0200) Subject: i2c/writing-clients: Mention module_i2c_driver() X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9cd3f2e8496ce97a9218d8b0ace06c4d8f0c6bf5;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2FG12%2Fandroid_kernel_amlogic_linux-4.9.git i2c/writing-clients: Mention module_i2c_driver() Based on a previous patch from Peter Meerwald. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Peter Meerwald --- diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 5aa53374ea2a..3a94b0e6f601 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -245,21 +245,17 @@ static int __init foo_init(void) { return i2c_add_driver(&foo_driver); } +module_init(foo_init); static void __exit foo_cleanup(void) { i2c_del_driver(&foo_driver); } +module_exit(foo_cleanup); -/* Substitute your own name and email address */ -MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard " -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Barf Inc. Foo I2C devices"); - -/* a few non-GPL license types are also allowed */ -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); +The module_i2c_driver() macro can be used to reduce above code. -module_init(foo_init); -module_exit(foo_cleanup); +module_i2c_driver(foo_driver); Note that some functions are marked by `__init'. These functions can be removed after kernel booting (or module loading) is completed. @@ -267,6 +263,17 @@ Likewise, functions marked by `__exit' are dropped by the compiler when the code is built into the kernel, as they would never be called. +Driver Information +================== + +/* Substitute your own name and email address */ +MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard " +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Barf Inc. Foo I2C devices"); + +/* a few non-GPL license types are also allowed */ +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); + + Power Management ================