On 3/31/07, David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
@@ -349,6 +360,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregi * memory allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices * to be unloaded iwithout waiting for the last reference to the device * to be dropped. + * + * This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers + * which probe hardware directly. Because such drivers create device + * nodes themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle + * such device enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux + * driver model. In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, + * they can't be "hotplugged". */ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(char *name, unsigned int id,
I find this comment misleading. Many of these drivers do not create any devices (as in /dev/xxx) but rather create underlying hardware abstraction objects. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
