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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/parport.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/parport.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/parport.h b/include/linux/parport.h index 1fb508c19e83..f981f794c850 100644 --- a/include/linux/parport.h +++ b/include/linux/parport.h @@ -297,6 +297,37 @@ int __must_check __parport_register_driver(struct parport_driver *, * parport_register_driver must be a macro so that KBUILD_MODNAME can * be expanded */ + +/** + * parport_register_driver - register a parallel port device driver + * @driver: structure describing the driver + * + * This can be called by a parallel port device driver in order + * to receive notifications about ports being found in the + * system, as well as ports no longer available. + * + * If devmodel is true then the new device model is used + * for registration. + * + * The @driver structure is allocated by the caller and must not be + * deallocated until after calling parport_unregister_driver(). + * + * If using the non device model: + * The driver's attach() function may block. The port that + * attach() is given will be valid for the duration of the + * callback, but if the driver wants to take a copy of the + * pointer it must call parport_get_port() to do so. Calling + * parport_register_device() on that port will do this for you. + * + * The driver's detach() function may block. The port that + * detach() is given will be valid for the duration of the + * callback, but if the driver wants to take a copy of the + * pointer it must call parport_get_port() to do so. + * + * + * Returns 0 on success. The non device model will always succeeds. + * but the new device model can fail and will return the error code. + **/ #define parport_register_driver(driver) \ __parport_register_driver(driver, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME) |