dev.c uses the new tables infrastructure.

src/arch/i386/scripts/i386.lds

@@ -145,18 +145,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 	*(SORT(.tbl.*))	
 
 
-	device_drivers = .;
-	*(.drivers.device)
-	device_drivers_end = .;
 	isa_drivers = . ;
 	*(.drivers.isa)
 	isa_drivers_end = .;
-	bus_drivers = .;
-	*(.drivers.bus)
-	bus_drivers_end = .;
-	type_drivers = .;
-	*(.drivers.type)
-	type_drivers_end = .;
 
 	_progbits_end = .;
     }

src/core/dev.c

@@ -3,19 +3,18 @@
 #include "dev.h"
 
 /*
- * Each driver specifies a name, the bus-scanning function
- * (find_bus_boot_device) that it wants to use, a driver information
- * structure (bus_driver) containing e.g. device IDs to be passed to
- * find_bus_boot_device, and a probe function (probe) to be called
- * whenever a suitable device is found.
+ * Each bus driver defines several methods, which are described in
+ * dev.h.  This file provides a centralised, bus-independent mechanism
+ * for locating devices and drivers.
  *
- * The generic device-probing code knows nothing about particular bus
- * types; it simply passes the driver information structure
- * (bus_driver) to the bus-scanning function (find_bus_boot_device),
- * then passes the result of that function (if not NULL) to the probe
- * function (probe).
  */
 
+/* Linker symbols for the various tables */
+static struct bus_driver bus_drivers[0] __table_start ( bus_driver );
+static struct bus_driver bus_drivers_end[0] __table_end ( bus_driver );
+static struct device_driver device_drivers[0] __table_start ( device_driver );
+static struct device_driver device_drivers_end[0] __table_end (device_driver );
+
 /* Current attempted boot device */
 struct dev dev = {
 	.bus_driver = bus_drivers,

src/include/dev.h

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "stdint.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "dhcp.h" /* for dhcp_dev_id */
+#include "tables.h"
 
 /*
  * Forward declarations
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ struct bus_driver {
 	const char * ( *name_device ) ( struct bus_dev *bus_dev );
 };
 
-#define __bus_driver __attribute__ (( used, __section__ ( ".drivers.bus" ) ))
+#define __bus_driver __attribute__ (( used, __table_section(bus_driver,01) ))
 
 /*
  * A structure fully describing the bus-independent parts of a
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ struct type_driver {
 					     unsigned int len, int eof ) );
 };
 
-#define __type_driver __attribute__ (( used, __section__ ( ".drivers.type" ) ))
+#define __type_driver __attribute__ (( used, __table_section(type_driver,01) ))
 
 /*
  * A driver for a device.
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ struct device_driver {
 };
 
 #define __device_driver \
-	__attribute__ (( used, __section__ ( ".drivers.device" ) ))
+	__attribute__ (( used, __table_section(device_driver,01) ))
 
 #define DRIVER(_name,_type_driver,_bus_driver,_bus_info,	 	      \
 	       _probe,_disable) 		 			      \
@@ -283,12 +284,4 @@ static inline int load ( struct dev *dev,
 	return dev->type_driver->load ( dev->type_dev, process );
 }
 
-/* Linker symbols for the various tables */
-extern struct bus_driver bus_drivers[];
-extern struct bus_driver bus_drivers_end[];
-extern struct type_driver type_drivers[];
-extern struct type_driver type_drivers_end[];
-extern struct device_driver device_drivers[];
-extern struct device_driver device_drivers_end[];
-
 #endif /* DEV_H */