Re: Probe function not being called

[Steven Scholz <steven.scholz@imc-berlin.de>]

Ushit,

> I am trying to implement a nor driver for a Intel strata flash chip on Linux
> 2.6.14. My problem is that the driver code is not calling the probe
> function. My declarations are as follows:
> 
> static struct device_driver mm6p_flash_driver = {
>         .name           = "mm6p_flash",
>         .bus            = &platform_bus_type,
>         .probe          = mm6p_flash_probe,
>         .remove         = mm6p_flash_remove,
> };
> 
> static int __init mm6p_flash_init(void)
> {
>         printk("$$$$$in mm6p_flash_init$$$$$$$$$$\n");
>         return driver_register(&mm6p_flash_driver);
> }

Did you register a suitable platform_device with the same name!?

Something like

struct platform_device foo_device = {
        .name           = "mm6p_flash",
        .id             = -1,
        .dev            = {
                                .platform_data          = &foo_data,
        },
        .resource       = foo_resources,
        .num_resources  = ARRAY_SIZE(foo_resources),
};

platform_device_register(&foo_device);

Usually in your board specific startup files.

driver and device are matched by name! So if there's no device "mm6p_flash"
registered, then there's no need to call probe in driver "mm6p_flash".

Ok?

--
Steven