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.TH "DRIVER_PROBE_DEVICE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
driver_probe_device \- attempt to bind device & driver.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int driver_probe_device  (struct device_driver * \fIdrv\fB, struct device * \fIdev\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdrv\fB\fR
driver.
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
First, we call the bus's match function, if one present, which
should compare the device IDs the driver supports with the
device IDs of the device. Note we don't do this ourselves
because we don't know the format of the ID structures, nor what
is to be considered a match and what is not.
.PP
.PP
This function returns 1 if a match is found, an error if one
occurs (that is not -ENODEV or -ENXIO), and 0 otherwise.
.PP
This function must be called with \fIdev\fR->sem held.