1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>bus_rescan_devices</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="up" href="ch02s02.html" title="Device Drivers Base"><link rel="prev" href="API-bus-for-each-drv.html" title="bus_for_each_drv"><link rel="next" href="API-device-reprobe.html" title="device_reprobe"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">bus_rescan_devices</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-bus-for-each-drv.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Device Drivers Base</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-device-reprobe.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-bus-rescan-devices"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>bus_rescan_devices &#8212; 
2     rescan devices on the bus for possible drivers
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">bus_rescan_devices </b>(</code></td><td>struct bus_type * <var class="pdparam">bus</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1110065420"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>bus</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the bus to scan.
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6   This function will look for devices on the bus with no driver
7   attached and rescan it against existing drivers to see if it matches
8   any by calling <code class="function">device_attach</code> for the unbound devices.
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