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| DRIVER_FIND(9) | Device drivers infrastructure | DRIVER_FIND(9) |
NAME¶
driver_find - locate driver on a bus by its name.SYNOPSIS¶
struct device_driver *
driver_find(const char * name,
struct bus_type * bus);
ARGUMENTS¶
namename of the driver.
bus
bus to scan for the driver.
DESCRIPTION¶
Call kset_find_obj to iterate over list of drivers on a bus to find driver by name. Return driver if found. This routine provides no locking to prevent the driver it returns from being unregistered or unloaded while the caller is using it. The caller is responsible for preventing this.COPYRIGHT¶
| January 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. |