is given a name that, combined with the registering drivers KBUILD_MODNAME,
creates a match_name that is used for driver binding, and an id that combined
with the match_name provide a unique name to register with the bus subsystem.
+For example, a driver registering an auxiliary device is named 'foo_mod.ko' and
+the subdevice is named 'foo_dev'. The match name is therefore
+'foo_mod.foo_dev'.
.. code-block:: c
The 'name' field is to be given a name that is recognized by the auxiliary
driver. If two auxiliary_devices with the same match_name, eg
-"mod.MY_DEVICE_NAME", are registered onto the bus, they must have unique id
-values (e.g. "x" and "y") so that the registered devices names are "mod.foo.x"
-and "mod.foo.y". If match_name + id are not unique, then the device_add fails
+"foo_mod.foo_dev", are registered onto the bus, they must have unique id
+values (e.g. "x" and "y") so that the registered devices names are "foo_mod.foo_dev.x"
+and "foo_mod.foo_dev.y". If match_name + id are not unique, then the device_add fails
and generates an error message.
The auxiliary_device.dev.type.release or auxiliary_device.dev.release must be
.. code-block:: c
+ #define MY_DEVICE_NAME "foo_dev"
+
+ ...
+
struct auxiliary_device *my_aux_dev = my_aux_dev_alloc(xxx);
/* Step 1: */
goto fail;
}
+ ...
+
+
Unregistering an auxiliary_device is a two-step process to mirror the register
process. First call auxiliary_device_delete(), then call
auxiliary_device_uninit().
auxiliary_driver_register(). The id_table contains the match_names of auxiliary
devices that a driver can bind with.
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ static const struct auxiliary_device_id my_auxiliary_id_table[] = {
+ { .name = "foo_mod.foo_dev" },
+ {},
+ };
+
+ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(auxiliary, my_auxiliary_id_table);
+
+ struct auxiliary_driver my_drv = {
+ .name = "myauxiliarydrv",
+ .id_table = my_auxiliary_id_table,
+ .probe = my_drv_probe,
+ .remove = my_drv_remove
+ };
+
+
Example Usage
=============