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DEVICE_ATTACH(9) Device drivers infrastructure DEVICE_ATTACH(9)

NAME

device_attach - try to attach device to a driver.

SYNOPSIS

int device_attach(struct device * dev);

ARGUMENTS

dev

device.

DESCRIPTION

Walk the list of drivers that the bus has and call driver_probe_device for each pair. If a compatible pair is found, break out and return.

Returns 1 if the device was bound to a driver; 0 if no matching driver was found; -ENODEV if the device is not registered.

When called for a USB interface, dev->parent lock must be held.

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