1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>module_driver</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="up" href="devdrivers.html#idp1109043876" title="The Basic Device Driver-Model Structures"><link rel="prev" href="API-struct-device.html" title="struct device"><link rel="next" href="ch02s02.html" title="Device Drivers Base"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">module_driver</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-struct-device.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">The Basic Device Driver-Model Structures </th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="ch02s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-module-driver"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>module_driver &#8212; 
2     Helper macro for drivers that don't do anything special in module init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may only use this macro once, and calling it replaces <code class="function">module_init</code> and <code class="function">module_exit</code>.
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef"> <b class="fsfunc">module_driver </b>(</code></td><td> <var class="pdparam">__driver</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td> <var class="pdparam">__register</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td> <var class="pdparam">__unregister</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td> <var class="pdparam">...</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1109158476"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>__driver</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     driver name
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>__register</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     register function for this driver type
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>__unregister</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     unregister function for this driver type
9     @...: Additional arguments to be passed to __register and __unregister.
10    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
11     variable arguments
12    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1109163260"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
13   Use this macro to construct bus specific macros for registering
14   drivers, and do not use it on its own.
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