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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst index 7ea1d7a41e1d..d1d311a4011f 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst @@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ class's register_dev callback. Driver ~~~~~~ -When a driver is attached to a device, the device is inserted into the -driver's list of devices. - +When a driver is attached to a device, the driver's probe() function is +called. Within probe(), the driver initializes the device and allocates +and initializes per-device data structures. This per-device state is +associated with the device object for as long as the driver remains bound +to it. Conceptually, this per-device data together with the binding to +the device can be thought of as an instance of the driver. sysfs ~~~~~ |