Re: [PATCH 1/1] PCI: Dynids - passing driver data

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 17:21:36 EST


On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 04:00:27PM -0600, brking@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Currently, code exists in the pci layer to allow userspace to specify
> driver data when adding a pci dynamic id from sysfs. However, this data
> is never used and there exists no way in the existing code to use it.

Which is a good thing, right? "driver_data" is usually a pointer to
somewhere. Having userspace specify it would not be a good thing.

> This patch allows device drivers to indicate that they want driver data
> passed to them on dynamic id adds by initializing use_driver_data in their
> pci_driver->pci_dynids struct. The documentation has also been updated
> to reflect this.

What driver wants to use this?

thanks,

greg k-h
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