perl -pi -0777 -e 's/^(\s*)dev->disable(\s*)=\s*(\w+)_disable;\s*nic->poll\s*=\s*(\w+);\s*nic->transmit\s*=\s*(\w+);\s*nic->irq\s*=\s*(\w+);/static struct nic_operations ${3}_operations;\nstatic struct nic_operations ${3}_operations = {\n\t.connect\t= dummy_connect,\n\t.poll\t\t= $4,\n\t.transmit\t= $5,\n\t.irq\t\t= $6,\n\t.disable\t= ${3}_disable,\n};${1}nic->nic_op\t= &${3}_operations;/msg' *.c

irq" pattern.

perl -pi -e 's/(_probe\s*\(\s*struct )dev \*.*?(\s*\);)/${1}dev *dev$2/' *.c

perl -pi -e 's/(_disable\s*\(\s*struct )dev \*.*?(\s*\);)/${1}nic *nic$2/' *.c

perl -pi -0777 -e 's/_disable\s*\(\s*struct dev \*dev\s*\)\s*{\s*struct nic \*nic.*?$/_disable ( struct nic *nic ) {/ms' *.c

perl -pi -0777 -e 's/_disable\s*\(\s*struct dev \*dev(\s*__unused)?\)\s*{/_disable ( struct nic *nic$1 ) {/ms' *.c

perl -pi -0777 -e 's/_probe\s*\(\s*struct dev \*dev,\s*struct pci_device \*(\w+?)\s*\)\s*{(\s*)struct nic \*nic.*?$/_probe ( struct dev *dev ) {\n${2}struct nic *nic = nic_device ( dev );\n${2}struct pci_device *$1 = pci_device ( dev );/ms' *.c

perl -pi -0777 -e 's/static struct pci_driver (\w+) __pci_driver = {.*\.name\s*=\s*(\"\S+\").*\.probe\s*=\s*(\w+).*\.ids\s*=\s*(\w+).*\.class\s*=\s*(\w+).*?};/static struct pci_driver $1 =\n\tPCI_DRIVER ( $2, $4, $5 );\n\nBOOT_DRIVER ( $2, $3 );/ms' *.c

perl -pi -e 's/(PCI_DRIVER \(.*, )0 \);/${1}PCI_NO_CLASS );/' *.c

*other* than the main boot device.

should, with the new build system, just be a case of writing the .c file
and dropping it in place in drivers/net.  :)