include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h

5  * Please see Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst for more information.
17  * The registering driver is the entity that allocates memory for the
19  * note that, as opposed to the platform bus, the registering driver is wholly
23  * callback defined by the registering driver.  The registering driver should
31  * object(s) are allocated by the registering driver.  This layout allows the
41  * is up to the registering driver to manage (e.g. free or keep available) the
44  * The registering driver must unregister all auxiliary devices before its own
45  * driver.remove() is completed.  An easy way to ensure this is to use the
50  * to function (if only to return an error) after the registering driver
59  * @name: Match name found by the auxiliary device driver,
64  * KBUILD_MODNAME, creates a match_name that is used for driver binding, and an
66  * the bus subsystem.  For example, a driver registering an auxiliary device is
77  * driver.  If two auxiliary_devices with the same match_name, eg
87  * bus the parent driver can not tell what other code may have a reference to
145  * struct auxiliary_driver - Definition of an auxiliary bus driver
152  * @driver: Core driver structure.
153  * @id_table: Table of devices this driver should match on the bus.
155  * Auxiliary drivers follow the standard driver model convention, where
162  * auxiliary devices that a driver can bind with.
187 	struct device_driver driver;
208 	return container_of(drv, struct auxiliary_driver, driver);
233  * module_auxiliary_driver() - Helper macro for registering an auxiliary driver
234  * @__auxiliary_driver: auxiliary driver struct