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.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "PLATFORM_DEVICE_REGI" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
platform_device_register_simple \- add a platform\-level device and its resources
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ platform_device\ *\ platform_device_register_simple('u
.BI "struct platform_device * platform_device_register_simple(const\ char\ *\ " "name" ", int\ " "id" ", const\ struct\ resource\ *\ " "res" ", unsigned\ int\ " "num" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
base name of the device we\*(Aqre adding
.RE
.PP
\fIid\fR
.RS 4
instance id
.RE
.PP
\fIres\fR
.RS 4
set of resources that needs to be allocated for the device
.RE
.PP
\fInum\fR
.RS 4
number of resources
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function creates a simple platform device that requires minimal resource and memory management\&. Canned release function freeing memory allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be dropped\&.
.PP
This interface is primarily intended for use with legacy drivers which probe hardware directly\&. Because such drivers create sysfs device nodes themselves, rather than letting system infrastructure handle such device enumeration tasks, they don\*(Aqt fully conform to the Linux driver model\&. In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can\*(Aqt be
\(lqhotplugged\(rq\&.
.PP
Returns
struct platform_device
pointer on success, or
\fBERR_PTR\fR
on error\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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