From: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>
To: Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
Cc: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: device model documentation 1/3
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:06:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020604190617.GA32671@www.kroptech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0206041040090.654-100000@geena.pdx.osdl.net> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0206041115540.654-100000@geena.pdx.osdl.net>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-04 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-04 16:25 device model documentation 1/3 Patrick Mochel
2002-06-04 15:45 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-06-04 16:53 ` Greg KH
2002-06-04 16:00 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-06-04 17:40 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-06-04 18:26 ` Patrick Mochel
2002-06-04 19:06 ` Adam Kropelin [this message]
2002-06-05 9:08 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-06-05 8:36 ` Martin Dalecki
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