Re: [patch 1/1] PCI: automatically set device_driver.owner

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:12:54 +0200
Laurent riffard <[email protected]> wrote:

> A nice feature of sysfs is that it can create the symlink from the
> driver to the module that is contained in it.
> 
> It requires that the device_driver.owner is set, what is not the
> case for many PCI drivers.
> 
> This patch allows pci_register_driver to set automatically the
> device_driver.owner for any PCI driver.
> 
> Credits to Al Viro who suggested the method.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Riffard <[email protected]>
> --

Okay, but a little too much macro trickery for my taste.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
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