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@@ -51,23 +51,16 @@ probe routine is passed a 'struct vme_dev' pointer as an argument. The
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'struct vme_dev' structure looks like the following:
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struct vme_dev {
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- struct vme_device_id id;
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+ int num;
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struct vme_bridge *bridge;
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struct device dev;
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+ struct list_head drv_list;
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+ struct list_head bridge_list;
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};
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-The 'bridge' field contains a pointer to the bridge device. The 'id' field
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-contains information useful for the probe function:
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-
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- struct vme_device_id {
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- int bus;
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- int slot;
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- int num;
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- };
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-
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-Here, 'bus' is the number of the bus the device being probed is on. 'slot'
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-refers to the specific slot on the VME bus. The 'num' field refers to the
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-sequential device ID for this specific driver.
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+Here, the 'num' field refers to the sequential device ID for this specific
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+driver. The bridge number (or bus number) can be accessed using
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+dev->bridge->num.
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A function is also provided to unregister the driver from the VME core and is
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usually called from the device driver's exit routine:
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@@ -78,9 +71,11 @@ usually called from the device driver's exit routine:
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Resource management
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-Once a driver has registered with the VME core the provided probe routine will
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-be called for each of the bus/slot combination that becomes valid as VME buses
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-are themselves registered. The probe routine is passed a pointer to the devices
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+Once a driver has registered with the VME core the provided match routine will
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+be called the number of times specified during the registration. If a match
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+succeeds, a non-zero value should be returned. A zero return value indicates
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+failure. For all successful matches, the probe routine of the corresponding
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+driver is called. The probe routine is passed a pointer to the devices
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device structure. This pointer should be saved, it will be required for
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requesting VME resources.
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