PCI: Add DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / Documentation / pci.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index 72b20c63959651ce7be7dad2f2e854c983f660e0..bb7bd27d468215826dbd616713f0d130f30be420 100644 (file)
--- 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