[PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

Subsystems: networking drivers, the rest, ti ethernet switch driver (cpsw)

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3 messages, 3 authors, 2016-11-25 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

From: Geliang Tang <hidden>
Date: 2016-11-23 14:47:18

Use builtin_platform_driver() helper to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
index 33df340..b3f0a12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
@@ -536,11 +536,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mdio_driver = {
 	.remove = davinci_mdio_remove,
 };
 
-static int __init davinci_mdio_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_mdio_driver);
-}
-device_initcall(davinci_mdio_init);
+builtin_platform_driver(davinci_mdio_driver);
 
 static void __exit davinci_mdio_exit(void)
 {
-- 
2.9.3

Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>
Date: 2016-11-23 17:22:36


On 11/23/2016 08:45 AM, Geliang Tang wrote:
Use builtin_platform_driver() helper to simplify the code.
Not sure about this. We do support this driver to be a module.
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
index 33df340..b3f0a12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_mdio.c
@@ -536,11 +536,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mdio_driver = {
 	.remove = davinci_mdio_remove,
 };

-static int __init davinci_mdio_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_mdio_driver);
-}
-device_initcall(davinci_mdio_init);
+builtin_platform_driver(davinci_mdio_driver);

 static void __exit davinci_mdio_exit(void)
 {
-- 
regards,
-grygorii

Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: use builtin_platform_driver

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2016-11-25 21:25:40

From: Geliang Tang <redacted>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:45:43 +0800
quoted hunk
@@ -536,11 +536,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mdio_driver = {
 	.remove = davinci_mdio_remove,
 };
 
-static int __init davinci_mdio_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&davinci_mdio_driver);
-}
-device_initcall(davinci_mdio_init);
+builtin_platform_driver(davinci_mdio_driver);
 
As noted by others this is not a correct transformation, the existing
code works properly when modular.  But it will not with this change.

device_initcall() is rerouted to module_init() inside of a module
build, whereas the thing builtin_platform_driver() expands to does
not.
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