Re: [PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.6

Greg KH
2004-05-15T01:14:57Z

ChangeSet 1.1587.5.18, 2004/05/02 20:30:19-07:00, kenn@linux.ie

[PATCH] Re: Platform device matching

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:27:33AM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> So, this comment needs updating:
>
> * So, extract the <name> from the device, and compare it against
> * the name of the driver. Return whether they match or not.

Want a patch?

drivers/base/platform.c | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -Nru a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c Fri May 14 15:58:28 2004
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c Fri May 14 15:58:28 2004
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@
* type of device, like "pci" or "floppy", and <instance> is the
* enumerated instance of the device, like '0' or '42'.
* Driver IDs are simply "<name>".
- * So, extract the <name> from the device, and compare it against
- * the name of the driver. Return whether they match or not.
+ * So, extract the <name> from the platform_device structure,
+ * and compare it against the name of the driver. Return whether
+ * they match or not.
*/

static int platform_match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv)