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authorDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>2026-01-15 22:56:57 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2026-01-16 11:14:36 -0700
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tree0ea0a8d41705b7dc86a075c53ffd22a95c49354c /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl
parent8913632998fcda1793d04fd4ae2327b4bee9b106 (diff)
driver-core: improve driver binding documentation
The driver binding documentation (still) mentions that "When a driver is attached to a device, the device is inserted into the driver's list of devices.". While it is true that the driver-core keeps track of all the devices that are attached to a driver, this is purely for internal purposes (i.e. it is an implementation detail) and has no relevance for user facing documentation. In fact, it is even misleading, since it could be read as if it were valid for driver implementations to keep track of all the devices bound to it. Instead, drivers operate on a per-device basis, with a separate per-device instance created when the driver is bound to a device. Hence, remove the mention of a driver's list of devices and instead add some documentation of the relationship between drivers and devices. Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260115215718.6405-1-dakr@kernel.org>
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