PLATFORM_CREATE_BUND

Section: Device drivers infrastructure (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

platform_create_bundle - register driver and create corresponding device  

SYNOPSIS

struct platform_device * platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver * driver, int (*probe) (struct platform_device *), struct resource * res, unsigned int n_res, const void * data, size_t size);
 

ARGUMENTS

driver

platform driver structure

probe

the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section

res

set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device

n_res

number of resources

data

platform specific data for this platform device

size

size of platform specific data
 

DESCRIPTION

Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver.

Returns struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR on error.  

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