Linux Device Drivers Development

Kernel devices and drivers-matching function

The function responsible for platform devices and driver-matching functions in the kernel is defined in /drivers/base/platform.c as follows:

static int platform_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv) { struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev); struct platform_driver *pdrv = to_platform_driver(drv); /* When driver_override is set, only bind to the matching driver */ if (pdev->driver_override) return !strcmp(pdev->driver_override, drv->name); /* Attempt an OF style match first */ if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv)) return 1; /* Then try ACPI style match */ if (acpi_driver_match_device(dev, drv)) return 1; /* Then try to match against the id table */ if (pdrv->id_table) ...