Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 May 2004 23:55:48 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Platform device matching |
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:35:10AM +0100, Kenn Humborg wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:27:33AM +0100, Russell King wrote: > > pdev->name is the platform device name, which is just the <name> part. > > pdev->dev.bus_id is the device model name, which is <name><instance-number>, > > and the devices are known by this name. > > > > Rather than going to the trouble of parsing <name> from the device model > > name which would be inherently buggy, we reference it directly from the > > platform_device structure. > > OK - I see it now. > > > 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?
Applied, thanks.
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