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authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>2012-07-24 14:13:57 +0200
committerJean Delvare <khali@endymion.delvare>2012-07-24 14:13:57 +0200
commit9cd3f2e8496ce97a9218d8b0ace06c4d8f0c6bf5 (patch)
treeab1eb7484deb0a304696f2cf7ace856a5b6716a3
parent2a2f7404a1946be62290292ca5d6438c4b50567f (diff)
i2c/writing-clients: Mention module_i2c_driver()
Based on a previous patch from Peter Meerwald. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Peter Meerwald <p.meerwald@bct-electronic.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients23
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 5aa53374ea2..3a94b0e6f60 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 <frodol@dds.nl>"
-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 <frodol@dds.nl>"
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Barf Inc. Foo I2C devices");
+
+/* a few non-GPL license types are also allowed */
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+
Power Management
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