On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:26:41AM -0700, Patrick Mochel wrote:
> Actually, I take that back. attach is the wrong nomenclature as well for
> the action. 'match' would be more correct.
>
> The entry point is the opportunity for the bus to compare a device ID with
> a list of IDs that a particular driver supports. It's a 'compare' or
> 'match' operation. At this point, the driver is not attaching to the
> device; it's only checking that's its ok to attach.
Seems like what "probe" usually means...
--Adam
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