[PATCH] vesafb: Update platform code
Update platform code to dynamically allocate the platform device
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/vesafb.c b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
index b0b9acf..2fbaa84 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
@@ -460,9 +460,7 @@
},
};
-static struct platform_device vesafb_device = {
- .name = "vesafb",
-};
+static struct platform_device *vesafb_device;
static int __init vesafb_init(void)
{
@@ -475,10 +473,19 @@
ret = platform_driver_register(&vesafb_driver);
if (!ret) {
- ret = platform_device_register(&vesafb_device);
- if (ret)
+ vesafb_device = platform_device_alloc("vesafb", 0);
+
+ if (vesafb_device)
+ ret = platform_device_add(vesafb_device);
+ else
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (ret) {
+ platform_device_put(vesafb_device);
platform_driver_unregister(&vesafb_driver);
+ }
}
+
return ret;
}
module_init(vesafb_init);