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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/binding.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/binding.txt deleted file mode 100644 index abfc8e290d53..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/binding.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,98 +0,0 @@ - -Driver Binding - -Driver binding is the process of associating a device with a device -driver that can control it. Bus drivers have typically handled this -because there have been bus-specific structures to represent the -devices and the drivers. With generic device and device driver -structures, most of the binding can take place using common code. - - -Bus -~~~ - -The bus type structure contains a list of all devices that are on that bus -type in the system. When device_register is called for a device, it is -inserted into the end of this list. The bus object also contains a -list of all drivers of that bus type. When driver_register is called -for a driver, it is inserted at the end of this list. These are the -two events which trigger driver binding. - - -device_register -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -When a new device is added, the bus's list of drivers is iterated over -to find one that supports it. In order to determine that, the device -ID of the device must match one of the device IDs that the driver -supports. The format and semantics for comparing IDs is bus-specific. -Instead of trying to derive a complex state machine and matching -algorithm, it is up to the bus driver to provide a callback to compare -a device against the IDs of a driver. The bus returns 1 if a match was -found; 0 otherwise. - -int match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv); - -If a match is found, the device's driver field is set to the driver -and the driver's probe callback is called. This gives the driver a -chance to verify that it really does support the hardware, and that -it's in a working state. - -Device Class -~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Upon the successful completion of probe, the device is registered with -the class to which it belongs. Device drivers belong to one and only one -class, and that is set in the driver's devclass field. -devclass_add_device is called to enumerate the device within the class -and actually register it with the class, which happens with the -class's register_dev callback. - - -Driver -~~~~~~ - -When a driver is attached to a device, the device is inserted into the -driver's list of devices. - - -sysfs -~~~~~ - -A symlink is created in the bus's 'devices' directory that points to -the device's directory in the physical hierarchy. - -A symlink is created in the driver's 'devices' directory that points -to the device's directory in the physical hierarchy. - -A directory for the device is created in the class's directory. A -symlink is created in that directory that points to the device's -physical location in the sysfs tree. - -A symlink can be created (though this isn't done yet) in the device's -physical directory to either its class directory, or the class's -top-level directory. One can also be created to point to its driver's -directory also. - - -driver_register -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -The process is almost identical for when a new driver is added. -The bus's list of devices is iterated over to find a match. Devices -that already have a driver are skipped. All the devices are iterated -over, to bind as many devices as possible to the driver. - - -Removal -~~~~~~~ - -When a device is removed, the reference count for it will eventually -go to 0. When it does, the remove callback of the driver is called. It -is removed from the driver's list of devices and the reference count -of the driver is decremented. All symlinks between the two are removed. - -When a driver is removed, the list of devices that it supports is -iterated over, and the driver's remove callback is called for each -one. The device is removed from that list and the symlinks removed. - |