PLATFORM_DEVICE_REGI
Section: Device drivers infrastructure (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
platform_device_register_data - add a platform-level device with platform-specific data
SYNOPSIS
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struct platform_device * platform_device_register_data(struct device * parent, const char * name, int id, const void * data, size_t size);
ARGUMENTS
parent
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- parent device for the device we're adding
name
-
base name of the device we're adding
id
-
instance id
data
-
platform specific data for this platform device
size
-
size of platform specific data
DESCRIPTION
This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal resource and memory management. Canned release function freeing memory allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be dropped.
Returns
struct platform_device
pointer on success, or
ERR_PTR
on error.
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