centos man page for device_bind_driver

DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)					   Device drivers infrastructure				     DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)

NAME
       device_bind_driver - bind a driver to one device.

SYNOPSIS
       int device_bind_driver(struct device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
	   device.

DESCRIPTION
       Allow manual attachment of a driver to a device. Caller must have already set dev->driver.

       Note that this does not modify the bus reference count nor take the bus's rwsem. Please verify those are accounted for before calling this.
       (It is ok to call with no other effort from a driver's probe method.)

       This function must be called with the device lock held.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						     DEVICE_BIND_DRIVER(9)