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-rw-r--r--Documentation/pci.txt6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pci.h10
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index 72b20c63959..bb7bd27d468 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry. Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry; use of the macro DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
+method of declaring the table. Each entry consists of:
vendor,device Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ Tips on when/where to use the above attributes:
o Do not mark the struct pci_driver.
- o The ID table array should be marked __devinitdata.
+ o The ID table array should be marked __devinitconst; this is done
+ automatically if the table is declared with DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE().
o The probe() and remove() functions should be marked __devinit
and __devexit respectively. All initialization functions
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 87195b62de5..f3165e7ac43 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -389,6 +389,16 @@ struct pci_driver {
#define to_pci_driver(drv) container_of(drv, struct pci_driver, driver)
/**
+ * DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE - macro used to describe a pci device table
+ * @_table: device table name
+ *
+ * This macro is used to create a struct pci_device_id array (a device table)
+ * in a generic manner.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(_table) \
+ const struct pci_device_id _table[] __devinitconst
+
+/**
* PCI_DEVICE - macro used to describe a specific pci device
* @vend: the 16 bit PCI Vendor ID
* @dev: the 16 bit PCI Device ID