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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "DEVICE_REPROBE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
device_reprobe \- remove driver for a device and probe for a new driver
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ device_reprobe('u
.BI "int device_reprobe(struct\ device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
the device to reprobe
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This function detaches the attached driver (if any) for the given device and restarts the driver probing process\&. It is intended to use if probing criteria changed during a devices lifetime and driver attachment should change accordingly\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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