PCI/checkpatch: Deprecate DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE
Prefer use of the direct definition of struct pci_device_id instead of
indirection via macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE.
Update the PCI documentation to deprecate DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE. Update
checkpatch adding --fix option.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jingoo Han <[email protected]>
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index 6f45856..9518006 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@
The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry; use of the macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
-method of declaring the table. Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry. Definitions with static const are generally preferred.
+Use of the deprecated macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE should be avoided.
+
+Each entry consists of:
vendor,device Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
