Re: [PATCH 0/9] PNP: adjust pnp_register_driver signature

On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 04:01:27PM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> This series of patches removes the assumption that pnp_register_driver()
> returns the number of devices claimed.  Returning the count is unreliable
> because devices may be hot-plugged in the future.  (Many devices don't
> support hot-plug, of course, but PNP in general does.)
> 
> This changes the convention to "zero for success, or a negative error
> value," which matches pci_register_driver(), acpi_bus_register_driver(),
> and platform_driver_register().
> 
> If drivers need to know the number of devices, they can count calls
> to their .probe() methods.

Andrew, I'd appreciate if you add this to mainline when it's convenient to
make non-critical changes.

Thanks,
Adam
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