diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.h b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Thomas Petazzoni
+ *
+ * Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IRQCHIP_H
+#define _IRQCHIP_H
+
+/*
+ * This macro must be used by the different irqchip drivers to declare
+ * the association between their DT compatible string and their
+ * initialization function.
+ *
+ * @name: name that must be unique accross all IRQCHIP_DECLARE of the
+ * same file.
+ * @compstr: compatible string of the irqchip driver
+ * @fn: initialization function
+ */
+#define IRQCHIP_DECLARE(name,compstr,fn)				\
+	static const struct of_device_id irqchip_of_match_##name	\
+	__used __section(__irqchip_of_table)				\
+	= { .compatible = compstr, .data = fn }
+
+#endif