Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264895AbUF1IlJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:41:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264898AbUF1IlJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:41:09 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:13789 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264895AbUF1IlH (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:41:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:41:02 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PARCH] driver core: add driver_find to find a driver by name Message-ID: <20040628084101.GA21636@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dmitry Torokhov , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200406272126.05220.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200406272126.05220.dtor_core@ameritech.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 698 Lines: 16 On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:26:03PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a patch that adds driver_find() that allows to search for a driver > on a bus by it's name. The function is similar to device_find already present > in the tree. I need it for my serio sysfs patches where user can re-bind > serio port to an alternate driver by echoing driver's name to serio port's > driver attribute. It looks like it's missing some refcounting, no? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/