DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)             Device drivers infrastructure             DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)



NAME
       device_bind_driver - bind a driver to one device.

SYNOPSIS
       int device_bind_driver(struct device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
           device.

DESCRIPTION
       Allow manual attachment of a driver to a device. Caller must have already set dev->driver.

       Note that this does not modify the bus reference count nor take the bus's rwsem. Please
       verify those are accounted for before calling this. (It is ok to call with no other effort
       from a driver's probe method.)

       This function must be called with the device lock held.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                     DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)