1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>device_attach</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-wait-for-device-probe.html" title="wait_for_device_probe"><link rel="next" href="API-driver-attach.html" title="driver_attach"></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">device_attach</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-wait-for-device-probe.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-driver-attach.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-device-attach"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>device_attach &#8212; 
2     try to attach device to a driver.
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">device_attach </b>(</code></td><td>struct device * <var class="pdparam">dev</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1109775292"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dev</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     device.
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6   Walk the list of drivers that the bus has and call
7   <code class="function">driver_probe_device</code> for each pair. If a compatible
8   pair is found, break out and return.
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11   Returns 1 if the device was bound to a driver;
12   0 if no matching driver was found;
13   -ENODEV if the device is not registered.
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16   When called for a USB interface, <em class="parameter"><code>dev</code></em>-&gt;parent lock must be held.
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