DECLARE_MUTEX ( host_num_alloc);
Allocate a &hpsb_host and initialize the general subsystem specific fields. If the driver needs to store per host data, as drivers usually do, the amount of memory required can be specified by the extra parameter. Once allocated, the driver should initialize the driver specific parts, enable the controller and make it available to the general subsystem using hpsb_add_host.
a pointer to the &hpsb_host if succesful, NULL if no memory was available.