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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300 |
| commit | d635711daa98be86d4c7fd01499c34f566b54ccb (patch) | |
| tree | aa5cc3760a27c3d57146498cb82fa549547de06c /Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt | |
| parent | c91265cd0efb83778f015b4d4b1129bd2cfd075e (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.6.2-gnu
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt index 92d86f727..453053f16 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt @@ -340,8 +340,10 @@ comparison: int (*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv); -match should return '1' if the driver supports the device, and '0' -otherwise. +match should return positive value if the driver supports the device, +and zero otherwise. It may also return error code (for example +-EPROBE_DEFER) if determining that given driver supports the device is +not possible. When a device is registered, the bus's list of drivers is iterated over. bus->match() is called for each one until a match is found. |