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2010-11-17driver-core: merge private parts of class and busKay Sievers
As classes and busses are pretty much the same thing, and we want to merge them together into a 'subsystem' in the future, let us share the same private data parts to make that merge easier. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-15Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /devKay Sievers
Devtmpfs lets the kernel create a tmpfs instance called devtmpfs very early at kernel initialization, before any driver-core device is registered. Every device with a major/minor will provide a device node in devtmpfs. Devtmpfs can be changed and altered by userspace at any time, and in any way needed - just like today's udev-mounted tmpfs. Unmodified udev versions will run just fine on top of it, and will recognize an already existing kernel-created device node and use it. The default node permissions are root:root 0600. Proper permissions and user/group ownership, meaningful symlinks, all other policy still needs to be applied by userspace. If a node is created by devtmps, devtmpfs will remove the device node when the device goes away. If the device node was created by userspace, or the devtmpfs created node was replaced by userspace, it will no longer be removed by devtmpfs. If it is requested to auto-mount it, it makes init=/bin/sh work without any further userspace support. /dev will be fully populated and dynamic, and always reflect the current device state of the kernel. With the commonly used dynamic device numbers, it solves the problem where static devices nodes may point to the wrong devices. It is intended to make the initial bootup logic simpler and more robust, by de-coupling the creation of the inital environment, to reliably run userspace processes, from a complex userspace bootstrap logic to provide a working /dev. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de> Tested-By: Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> Tested-By: Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-15Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.cGreg Kroah-Hartman
No one should directly access the driver_data field, so remove the field and make it private. We dynamically create the private field now if it is needed, to handle drivers that call get/set before they are registered with the driver core. Also update the copyright notices on these files while we are there. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-09-15Driver core: add new device to bus's list before probingAlan Stern
This patch (as1271) affects when new devices get linked into their bus's list of devices. Currently this happens after probing, and it doesn't happen at all if probing fails. Clearly this is wrong, because at that point quite a few symbolic links have already been created in sysfs. We are committed to adding the device, so it should be linked into the bus's list regardless. In addition, this needs to happen before the uevent announcing the new device gets issued. Otherwise user programs might try to access the device before it has been added to the bus. To fix both these problems, the patch moves the call to klist_add_tail() forward from bus_attach_device() to bus_add_device(). Since bus_attach_device() now does nothing but probe for drivers, it has been renamed to bus_probe_device(). And lastly, the kerneldoc is updated. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> CC: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-16driver core: fix driver_match_deviceMing Lei
This patch fixes a bug introduced in commit 49b420a13ff95b449947181190b08367348e3e1b. If a instance of bus_type doesn't have .match method, all .probe of drivers in the bus should be called, or else the .probe have not a chance to be called. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> Reported-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24driver core: move knode_bus into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch knode_bus, so move it out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24driver core: move knode_driver into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch knode_driver, so move it out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24driver core: move klist_children into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch klist_children, or knode_parent, so move them out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24driver core: create a private portion of struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
This is to be used to move things out of struct device that no code outside of the driver core should ever touch. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-03-24driver core: check bus->match without holding device lockMing Lei
This patch moves bus->match out from driver_probe_device and does not hold device lock to check the match between a device and a driver. The idea has been verified by the commit 6cd495860901, which leads to a faster boot. But the commit 6cd495860901 has the following drawbacks: 1),only does the quick check in the path of __driver_attach->driver_probe_device, not in other paths; 2),for a matched device and driver, check the same match twice. It is a waste of cpu ,especially for some drivers with long device id table (eg. usb-storage driver). This patch adds a helper of driver_match_device to check the match in all paths, and testes the match only once. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-02-22PM: Split up sysdev_[suspend|resume] from device_power_[down|up]Rafael J. Wysocki
Move the sysdev_suspend/resume from the callee to the callers, with no real change in semantics, so that we can rework the disabling of interrupts during suspend/hibernation. This is based on an earlier patch from Linus. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-09Revert "driver core: create a private portion of struct device"Greg Kroah-Hartman
This reverts commit 2831fe6f9cc4e16c103504ee09a47a084297c0f3. Turns out that device_initialize shouldn't fail silently. This series needs to be reworked in order to get into proper shape. Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-09Revert "driver core: move klist_children into private structure"Greg Kroah-Hartman
This reverts commit 11c3b5c3e08f4d855cbef52883c266b9ab9df879. Turns out that device_initialize shouldn't fail silently. This series needs to be reworked in order to get into proper shape. Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-09Revert "driver core: move knode_driver into private structure"Greg Kroah-Hartman
This reverts commit 93e746db183b3bdbbda67900f79b5835f9cb388f. Turns out that device_initialize shouldn't fail silently. This series needs to be reworked in order to get into proper shape. Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-09Revert "driver core: move knode_bus into private structure"Greg Kroah-Hartman
This reverts commit b9daa99ee533578e3f88231e7a16784dcb44ec42. Turns out that device_initialize shouldn't fail silently. This series needs to be reworked in order to get into proper shape. Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06driver core: move knode_bus into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch knode_bus, so move it out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06driver core: move knode_driver into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch knode_driver, so move it out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06driver core: move klist_children into private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Nothing outside of the driver core should ever touch klist_children, or knode_parent, so move them out of the public eye. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-01-06driver core: create a private portion of struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
This is to be used to move things out of struct device that no code outside of the driver core should ever touch. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-09driver-core: use klist for class device list and implement iteratorTejun Heo
Iterating over entries using callback usually isn't too fun especially when the entry being iterated over can't be manipulated freely. This patch converts class->p->class_devices to klist and implements class device iterator so that the users can freely build their own control structure. The users are also free to call back into class code without worrying about locking. class_for_each_device() and class_find_device() are converted to use the new iterators, so their users don't have to worry about locking anymore either. Note: This depends on klist-dont-iterate-over-deleted-entries patch because class_intf->add/remove_dev() depends on proper synchronization with device removal. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-07-21class: change internal semaphore to a mutexDave Young
Now that the lockdep infrastructure in the class core is in place, we should be able to properly change the internal class semaphore to be a mutex. David wrote the original patch, and Greg fixed it up to apply properly due to all of the recent changes in this area. From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: fix docbook comments for class_private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
Removes a field that has been deleted, and adds a description fo the class_dirs field which was previously undocumented. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "sem" to "class_sem" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
This renames the struct class "sem" field to be "class_sem" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "subsys" to "class_subsys" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
This renames the struct class "subsys" field to be "class_subsys" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "interfaces" to "class_interfaces" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
This renames the struct class "interfaces" field to be "class_interfaces" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: rename "devices" to "class_devices" in internal class structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
This renames the struct class "devices" field to be "class_devices" to make things easier when struct bus_type and struct class merge in the future. It also makes grepping for fields easier as well. Based on an idea from Kay. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-07-21class: move driver core specific parts to a private structureGreg Kroah-Hartman
This moves the portions of struct class that are dynamic (kobject and lock and lists) out of the main structure and into a dynamic, private, structure. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-04-30driver core: remove no longer used "struct class_device"Kay Sievers
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: coding style fixesGreg Kroah-Hartman
Fix up a number of coding style issues in the drivers/base/ directory that have annoyed me over the years. checkpatch.pl is now very happy. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24driver core: fix build with SYSFS=nRandy Dunlap
When SYSFS=n and MODULES=y, build ends with: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/drivers/base/module.c: In function 'module_add_driver': linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/drivers/base/module.c:49: error: 'module_kset' undeclared (first use in this function) make[3]: *** [drivers/base/module.o] Error 1 Below is one possible fix. Build-tested with all 4 config combinations of SYSFS & MODULES. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: use LIST_HEAD instead of call to INIT_LIST_HEAD in __initDenis Cheng
LIST_HEAD has been widely used, so switch to this simpler method. Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <crquan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: move the static kobject out of struct driverGreg Kroah-Hartman
This patch removes the kobject, and a few other driver-core-only fields out of struct driver and into the driver core only. Now drivers can be safely create on the stack or statically (like they currently are.) Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24Driver core: move the driver specific module code into the driver coreGreg Kroah-Hartman
The module driver specific code should belong in the driver core, not in the kernel/ directory. So move this code. This is done in preparation for some struct device_driver rework that should be confined to the driver core code only. This also lets us keep from exporting these functions, as no external code should ever be calling it. Thanks to Andrew Morton for the !CONFIG_MODULES fix. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24driver core: remove fields from struct bus_typeGreg Kroah-Hartman
struct bus_type is static everywhere in the kernel. This moves the kobject in the structure out of it, and a bunch of other private only to the driver core fields are now moved to a private structure. This lets us dynamically create the backing kobject properly and gives us the chance to be able to document to users exactly how to use the struct bus_type as there are no fields they can improperly access. Thanks to Kay for the build fixes on this patch. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-01-24kset: convert /sys/devices to use kset_createGreg Kroah-Hartman
Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. We also rename devices_subsys to devices_kset to catch all users of the variable. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12Driver core: remove get_bus()Greg Kroah-Hartman
get_bus() should not be globally visable as it is not used by anything other than drivers/base/bus.c. This patch removes the visability of it, and renames it to match all of the other *_get() functions in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12Driver core: remove put_bus()Greg Kroah-Hartman
put_bus() should not be globally visable as it is not used by anything other than drivers/base/bus.c. This patch removes the visability of it, and renames it to match all of the other *_put() functions in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-11Driver core: fix devres_release_all() return valueAdrian Bunk
Every file should include the headers containing the prototypes for it's global functions. Since the GNU C compiler is now able to detect that the function prototype of devres_release_all() in the header and the actual function disagree regarding the return value, this patch also fixes this bug. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-05-02remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman
We need to work on cleaning up the relationship between kobjects, ksets and ktypes. The removal of 'struct subsystem' is the first step of this, especially as it is not really needed at all. Thanks to Kay for fixing the bugs in this patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-04-27driver core: don't fail attaching the device if it cannot be boundCornelia Huck
Don't fail bus_attach_device() if the device cannot be bound. If dev->driver has been specified, reset it to NULL if device_bind_driver() failed and add the device as an unbound device. As a result, bus_attach_device() now cannot fail, and we can remove some checking from device_add(). Also remove an unneeded check in bus_rescan_devices_helper(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-09devres: device resource managementTejun Heo
Implement device resource management, in short, devres. A device driver can allocate arbirary size of devres data which is associated with a release function. On driver detach, release function is invoked on the devres data, then, devres data is freed. devreses are typed by associated release functions. Some devreses are better represented by single instance of the type while others need multiple instances sharing the same release function. Both usages are supported. devreses can be grouped using devres group such that a device driver can easily release acquired resources halfway through initialization or selectively release resources (e.g. resources for port 1 out of 4 ports). This patch adds devres core including documentation and the following managed interfaces. * alloc/free : devm_kzalloc(), devm_kzfree() * IO region : devm_request_region(), devm_release_region() * IRQ : devm_request_irq(), devm_free_irq() * DMA : dmam_alloc_coherent(), dmam_free_coherent(), dmam_declare_coherent_memory(), dmam_pool_create(), dmam_pool_destroy() * PCI : pcim_enable_device(), pcim_pin_device(), pci_is_managed() * iomap : devm_ioport_map(), devm_ioport_unmap(), devm_ioremap(), devm_ioremap_nocache(), devm_iounmap(), pcim_iomap_table(), pcim_iomap(), pcim_iounmap() Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-09-25drivers/base: check errorsAndrew Morton
Add lots of return-value checking. <pcornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>: fix bus_rescan_devices()] Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] Driver core: change make_class_name() to take kobjectsGreg Kroah-Hartman
This is needed for a future patch for the device code to create the proper symlinks for devices that are "class devices". Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] Driver Core: Add /sys/hypervisor when neededMichael Holzheu
To have a home for all hypervisors, this patch creates /sys/hypervisor. A new config option SYS_HYPERVISOR is introduced, which should to be set by architecture dependent hypervisors (e.g. s390 or Xen). Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] Driver Core: remove unused exportsGreg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-06-21[PATCH] Driver core: bus device event delayKay Sievers
split bus_add_device() and send device uevents after sysfs population Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-02-06[PATCH] drivers/base/: proper prototypesAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the following changes: - move prototypes to base.h - sys.c should #include "base.h" for getting the prototype of it's global function system_bus_init() Note that hidden in this patch there's a bugfix: Caller and callee disagreed regarding the return type of sysdev_shutdown(). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] drivers/base - fix sparse warningsBen Dooks
There are a number of sparse warnings from the latest sparse snapshot being generated from the drivers/base build. The main culprits are due to the initialisation functions not being declared in a header file. Also, the firmware.c file should include <linux/device.h> to get the prototype of firmware_register() and firmware_unregister(). This patch moves the init function declerations from the init.c file to the base.h, and ensures it is included in all the relevant c sources. It also adds <linux/device.h> to the included headers for firmware.c. The patch does not solve all the sparse errors generated, but reduces the count significantly. drivers/base/core.c:161:1: warning: symbol 'devices_subsys' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/core.c:417:12: warning: symbol 'devices_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/sys.c:253:6: warning: symbol 'sysdev_shutdown' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/sys.c:326:5: warning: symbol 'sysdev_suspend' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/sys.c:428:5: warning: symbol 'sysdev_resume' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/sys.c:450:12: warning: symbol 'system_bus_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/bus.c:133:1: warning: symbol 'bus_subsys' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/bus.c:667:12: warning: symbol 'buses_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/class.c:759:12: warning: symbol 'classes_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/platform.c:313:12: warning: symbol 'platform_bus_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/cpu.c:110:12: warning: symbol 'cpu_dev_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/firmware.c:17:5: warning: symbol 'firmware_register' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/firmware.c:23:6: warning: symbol 'firmware_unregister' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/firmware.c:28:12: warning: symbol 'firmware_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/init.c:28:13: warning: symbol 'driver_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/dmapool.c:174:10: warning: implicit cast from nocast type drivers/base/attribute_container.c:439:1: warning: symbol 'attribute_container_init' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/base/power/runtime.c:76:6: warning: symbol 'dpm_set_power_state' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-06-29[PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to bind drivers to devices from userspaceGreg Kroah-Hartman
This adds a single file, "bind", to the sysfs directory of every driver registered with the driver core. To bind a device to a driver, write the bus id of the device you wish to bind to that specific driver to the "bind" file (remember to not add a trailing \n). If that bus id matches a device on that bus, and it does not currently have a driver bound to it, the probe sequence will be initiated with that driver and device. Note, this requires that the driver itself be willing and able to accept that device (usually through a device id type table). This patch does not make it possible to override the driver's id table. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-06-20[PATCH] Move device/driver code to drivers/base/dd.cmochel@digitalimplant.org
This relocates the driver binding/unbinding code to drivers/base/dd.c. This is done for two reasons: One, it's not code related to the bus_type itself; it uses some from that, some from devices, and some from drivers. And Two, it will make it easier to do some of the upcoming lock removal on that code.. Signed-off-by: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>