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author | Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> | 2006-03-27 04:17:04 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-03-27 11:44:53 -0500 |
commit | f301ae6a690abe7edd2f92fa6df0b1b06986a6ad (patch) | |
tree | 7ba628b3d11143589c2c9242120a5f18278d70ac /drivers/char/drm/savage_state.c | |
parent | 7597fee389b18e5ed3c8bd58f0012674beb279ed (diff) |
[PATCH] pnp: mpu401: adjust pnp_register_driver signature
This series of patches removes the assumption that pnp_register_driver()
returns the number of devices claimed. Returning the count is unreliable
because devices may be hot-plugged in the future. (Many devices don't support
hot-plug, of course, but PNP in general does.)
This changes the convention to "zero for success, or a negative error value,"
which matches pci_register_driver(), acpi_bus_register_driver(), and
platform_driver_register().
If drivers need to know the number of devices, they can count calls to their
.probe() methods.
This patch:
Remove the assumption that pnp_register_driver() returns the number of devices
claimed.
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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