while (<>) { $file .= $_; } if ($file =~ m/\.get_frontend\s*=\s*([\d\w_]+)/) { my $get = $1; $file =~ s/($get)(\s*\([^\,\)]+)\,\s*struct\s+dtv_frontend_properties\s*\*\s*([_\d\w]+)\)\s*\{/\1\2)\n{\n\tstruct dtv_frontend_properties *\3 = &fe->dtv_property_cache;/g; } print $file; Of course, the changes at dvb_frontend.[ch] were made by hand, as well as the changes on a few other places, where get_frontend() is called internally inside the driver. On some places, get_frontend() were just a void function. Those occurrences were removed, as the DVB core handles such cases. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab ǻ+!x