Re: driverfs support for motherboard devices

From: Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 02:24:21 EST


On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:

> +static void __init init_8259A_devicefs(void)
> +{
> + device_register(&device_i8259A);
> + strcpy(device_i8259A.name, "i8259A");
> + strcpy(device_i8259A.bus_id, "0020");
> + device_i8259A.parent = &sys_iobus;

I'm not entirely familiar with the driverfs API but wouldn't an API
function to do all that strcpy and other init assignments be a bit
cleaner? I see lots of retyping going on otherwise, someone feel free to
hit me with a clue bat if i'm missing something...

Cheers,
        Zwane Mwaikambo

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