Re: [PATCH] i2c writing-clients document: mention module_i2c_driver()

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Hello Jean,

> Where's your Signed-off-by?

thank you for taking and improving this patch, so
Acked-by: Peter Meerwald <p.meerwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> >  Documentation/i2c/writing-clients |    8 ++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
> > index 5aa5337..71248b2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
> > +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
> > @@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ be removed after kernel booting (or module loading) is completed.
> >  Likewise, functions marked by `__exit' are dropped by the compiler when
> >  the code is built into the kernel, as they would never be called.
> >  
> > +The module_i2c_driver() macro can be used to reduce above code.
> > +
> > +MODULE_AUTHOR("Frodo Looijaard <frodol@xxxxxx>"
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for Barf Inc. Foo I2C devices");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > +
> > +module_i2c_driver(foo_driver);
> > +
> >  
> >  Power Management
> >  ================
> 
> I agree this should be documented, but I would like to see it done
> without repeating the MODULE_* macros. This can be done by moving these
> to a separate section. What do you think?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/i2c/writing-clients |   23 +++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-3.5-rc3.orig/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients	2011-07-22 04:17:23.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-3.5-rc3/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients	2012-06-18 16:57:52.546924533 +0200
> @@ -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@xxxxxx>"
> -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' a
>  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@xxxxxx>"
> +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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Peter Meerwald
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