tree 5374a0e85e03c8706a1dd95478b9d0a3312917e0
parent 151ef38f7c0ec1b0420f04438b0316e3a30bf2e4
author Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 1119481745 -0700
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 1120110484 -0700

[PATCH] driver core: Add the ability to bind drivers to devices from userspace

This adds a single file, "bind", to the sysfs directory of every driver
registered with the driver core.  To bind a device to a driver, write
the bus id of the device you wish to bind to that specific driver to the
"bind" file (remember to not add a trailing \n).  If that bus id matches
a device on that bus, and it does not currently have a driver bound to
it, the probe sequence will be initiated with that driver and device.

Note, this requires that the driver itself be willing and able to accept
that device (usually through a device id type table).  This patch does
not make it possible to override the driver's id table.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>