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.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "STRUCT DEVICE_DRIVER" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
struct_device_driver \- The basic device driver structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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struct device_driver {
  const char * name;
  struct bus_type * bus;
  struct module * owner;
  const char * mod_name;
  bool suppress_bind_attrs;
  const struct of_device_id * of_match_table;
  const struct acpi_device_id * acpi_match_table;
  int (* probe) (struct device *dev);
  int (* remove) (struct device *dev);
  void (* shutdown) (struct device *dev);
  int (* suspend) (struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
  int (* resume) (struct device *dev);
  const struct attribute_group ** groups;
  const struct dev_pm_ops * pm;
  struct driver_private * p;
};  
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.SH "MEMBERS"
.PP
name
.RS 4
Name of the device driver\&.
.RE
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bus
.RS 4
The bus which the device of this driver belongs to\&.
.RE
.PP
owner
.RS 4
The module owner\&.
.RE
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mod_name
.RS 4
Used for built\-in modules\&.
.RE
.PP
suppress_bind_attrs
.RS 4
Disables bind/unbind via sysfs\&.
.RE
.PP
of_match_table
.RS 4
The open firmware table\&.
.RE
.PP
acpi_match_table
.RS 4
The ACPI match table\&.
.RE
.PP
probe
.RS 4
Called to query the existence of a specific device, whether this driver can work with it, and bind the driver to a specific device\&.
.RE
.PP
remove
.RS 4
Called when the device is removed from the system to unbind a device from this driver\&.
.RE
.PP
shutdown
.RS 4
Called at shut\-down time to quiesce the device\&.
.RE
.PP
suspend
.RS 4
Called to put the device to sleep mode\&. Usually to a low power state\&.
.RE
.PP
resume
.RS 4
Called to bring a device from sleep mode\&.
.RE
.PP
groups
.RS 4
Default attributes that get created by the driver core automatically\&.
.RE
.PP
pm
.RS 4
Power management operations of the device which matched this driver\&.
.RE
.PP
p
.RS 4
Driver core\*(Aqs private data, no one other than the driver core can touch this\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The device driver\-model tracks all of the drivers known to the system\&. The main reason for this tracking is to enable the driver core to match up drivers with new devices\&. Once drivers are known objects within the system, however, a number of other things become possible\&. Device drivers can export information and configuration variables that are independent of any specific device\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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