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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/platform.c33
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 1ba9d617d24..4b4b565c835 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
* enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
* In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
* "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*/
struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name,
int id,
@@ -408,6 +410,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
* allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
* unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
* dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*/
struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
struct device *parent,
@@ -559,6 +563,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_probe);
*
* Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and
* register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
*/
struct platform_device * __init_or_module platform_create_bundle(
struct platform_driver *driver,
@@ -1052,9 +1058,11 @@ static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_driver_list);
static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_device_list);
/**
- * early_platform_driver_register
+ * early_platform_driver_register - register early platform driver
* @epdrv: early_platform driver structure
* @buf: string passed from early_param()
+ *
+ * Helper function for early_platform_init() / early_platform_init_buffer()
*/
int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
char *buf)
@@ -1106,9 +1114,12 @@ int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
}
/**
- * early_platform_add_devices - add a numbers of early platform devices
+ * early_platform_add_devices - adds a number of early platform devices
* @devs: array of early platform devices to add
* @num: number of early platform devices in array
+ *
+ * Used by early architecture code to register early platform devices and
+ * their platform data.
*/
void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
{
@@ -1128,8 +1139,12 @@ void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
}
/**
- * early_platform_driver_register_all
+ * early_platform_driver_register_all - register early platform drivers
* @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to register all early platform drivers
+ * for a certain class. If omitted then only early platform drivers
+ * with matching kernel command line class parameters will be registered.
*/
void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
{
@@ -1151,7 +1166,7 @@ void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
}
/**
- * early_platform_match
+ * early_platform_match - find early platform device matching driver
* @epdrv: early platform driver structure
* @id: id to match against
*/
@@ -1169,7 +1184,7 @@ early_platform_match(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv, int id)
}
/**
- * early_platform_left
+ * early_platform_left - check if early platform driver has matching devices
* @epdrv: early platform driver structure
* @id: return true if id or above exists
*/
@@ -1187,7 +1202,7 @@ static __init int early_platform_left(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
}
/**
- * early_platform_driver_probe_id
+ * early_platform_driver_probe_id - probe drivers matching class_str and id
* @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
* @id: id to match against
* @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
@@ -1257,10 +1272,14 @@ static int __init early_platform_driver_probe_id(char *class_str,
}
/**
- * early_platform_driver_probe
+ * early_platform_driver_probe - probe a class of registered drivers
* @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
* @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
* @user_only: only probe user specified early platform devices
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to probe registered early platform drivers
+ * within a certain class. For probe to happen a registered early platform
+ * device matching a registered early platform driver is needed.
*/
int __init early_platform_driver_probe(char *class_str,
int nr_probe,