2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
index 7e1416768a60..60f0227425e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # under Linux.
 #
 
-obj-y   += ip32-berr.o ip32-irq.o ip32-setup.o ip32-reset.o \
+obj-y   += ip32-berr.o ip32-irq.o ip32-platform.o ip32-setup.o ip32-reset.o \
            crime.o ip32-memory.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..120b15932caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+static __init int meth_devinit(void)
+{
+        struct platform_device *pd;
+        int ret;
+
+        pd = platform_device_alloc("meth", -1);
+        if (!pd)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        ret = platform_device_add(pd);
+        if (ret)
+                platform_device_put(pd);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
+device_initcall(meth_devinit);