---

yaml
---
r: 4036
b: refs/heads/master
c: afdce75
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 151ef38f7c0ec1b0420f04438b0316e3a30bf2e4
+refs/heads/master: afdce75f1eaebcf358b7594ba7969aade105c3b0

trunk/drivers/base/base.h

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *);
 extern void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *);
 
 extern void driver_detach(struct device_driver * drv);
+extern int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver *, struct device *);
 
 static inline struct class_device *to_class_dev(struct kobject *obj)
 {

trunk/drivers/base/bus.c

@@ -160,6 +160,30 @@ static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
 
+/*
+ * Manually attach a device to a driver.
+ * Note: the driver must want to bind to the device,
+ * it is not possible to override the driver's id table.
+ */
+static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
+			   const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct device *dev;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = bus_find_device(bus, NULL, (void *)buf, driver_helper);
+	if ((dev) &&
+	    (dev->driver == NULL)) {
+		down(&dev->sem);
+		err = driver_probe_device(drv, dev);
+		up(&dev->sem);
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+static DRIVER_ATTR(bind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_bind);
+
 
 static struct device * next_device(struct klist_iter * i)
 {
@@ -425,6 +449,7 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 
 		driver_add_attrs(bus, drv);
 		driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
+		driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_bind);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -442,6 +467,7 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 {
 	if (drv->bus) {
+		driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_bind);
 		driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
 		driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
 		klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus);

trunk/drivers/base/dd.c

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void device_bind_driver(struct device * dev)
  *
  *	This function must be called with @dev->sem held.
  */
-static int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
+int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;