PLATFORM_DEVICE_ALLO

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

platform_device_alloc - create a platform device  

SYNOPSIS

struct platform_device * platform_device_alloc(const char * name, int id);
 

ARGUMENTS

name

base name of the device we're adding

id

instance id
 

DESCRIPTION

Create a platform device object which can have other objects attached to it, and which will have attached objects freed when it is released.  

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