acpi_bus_match(9)

acpi_bus_match9

Match device ids to driver's supported ids

Usage

int acpi_bus_match(struct acpi_device * device, struct acpi_driver * driver);

Arguments

device

the device that we are trying to match to a driver

driver

driver whose device id table is being checked

Overview

Checks the device's hardware (_HID) or compatible (_CID) ids to see if it matches the specified driver's criteria.

From linux-manual-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.