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.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "ACPI_BUS_SCAN" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
acpi_bus_scan \- Add ACPI device node objects in a given namespace scope\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ acpi_bus_scan('u
.BI "int acpi_bus_scan(acpi_handle\ " "handle" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIhandle\fR
.RS 4
Root of the namespace scope to scan\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Scan a given ACPI tree (probably recently hot\-plugged) and create and add found devices\&.
.PP
If no devices were found, \-ENODEV is returned, but it does not mean that there has been a real error\&. There just have been no suitable ACPI objects in the table trunk from which the kernel could create a device and add an appropriate driver\&.
.PP
Must be called under acpi_scan_lock\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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