1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Device drivers PnP support</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="devdrivers.html" title="Chapter 2. Device drivers infrastructure"><link rel="prev" href="API-acpi-scan-drop-device.html" title="acpi_scan_drop_device"><link rel="next" href="API-pnp-register-protocol.html" title="pnp_register_protocol"></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">Device drivers PnP support</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-acpi-scan-drop-device.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. Device drivers infrastructure</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-pnp-register-protocol.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="idp1110742012"></a>Device drivers PnP support</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-register-protocol.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_register_protocol</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 2 adds a pnp protocol to the pnp layer 3 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-unregister-protocol.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_unregister_protocol</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 4 removes a pnp protocol from the pnp layer 5 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-request-card-device.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_request_card_device</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 6 Searches for a PnP device under the specified card 7 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-release-card-device.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_release_card_device</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 8 call this when the driver no longer needs the device 9 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-register-card-driver.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_register_card_driver</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 10 registers a PnP card driver with the PnP Layer 11 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-unregister-card-driver.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_unregister_card_driver</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 12 unregisters a PnP card driver from the PnP Layer 13 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-add-id.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_add_id</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 14 adds an EISA id to the specified device 15 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-start-dev.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_start_dev</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 16 low-level start of the PnP device 17 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-stop-dev.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_stop_dev</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 18 low-level disable of the PnP device 19 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-activate-dev.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_activate_dev</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 20 activates a PnP device for use 21 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-disable-dev.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_disable_dev</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 22 disables device 23 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-pnp-is-active.html"><span class="phrase">pnp_is_active</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 24 Determines if a device is active based on its current resources 25 </span></dt></dl></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-acpi-scan-drop-device.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="devdrivers.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-pnp-register-protocol.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="phrase">acpi_scan_drop_device</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">pnp_register_protocol</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html> 26