Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [PARCH] driver core: add driver_find to find a driver by name | Date | Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:41:14 -0500 |
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On Thursday 15 July 2004 07:30 am, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 04:02:46PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:26:03PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Here is a patch that adds driver_find() that allows to search for a driver > > > on a bus by it's name. The function is similar to device_find already present > > > in the tree. I need it for my serio sysfs patches where user can re-bind > > > serio port to an alternate driver by echoing driver's name to serio port's > > > driver attribute. > > > > Applied, thanks. > > Dmitry, > > I remember you fixed kset_find_obj() to get a reference count on the kobject. > > driver_find()/device_find() use that, maybe it would be nice to add a comment > on top of those saying the caller is responsible for putting the refcount > on the kobject? > > Last time I looked at your patches there was no such comment on driver_find/device_find, > only kset_find_obj(). > > Just nitpicking. >
Hi Marcelo,
I tried to document driver_find, device_find and find_bus, please check out the version that Greg has committed. If comments still somewhat unclear I will try redoing them.
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