Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:06:17 -0400 | From | Adam Kropelin <> | Subject | Re: device model documentation 1/3 |
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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:26:41AM -0700, Patrick Mochel wrote: > Actually, I take that back. attach is the wrong nomenclature as well for > the action. 'match' would be more correct. > > The entry point is the opportunity for the bus to compare a device ID with > a list of IDs that a particular driver supports. It's a 'compare' or > 'match' operation. At this point, the driver is not attaching to the > device; it's only checking that's its ok to attach.
Seems like what "probe" usually means...
--Adam
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