Module device

Generic devices that are part of the kernel’s driver model.

C header: include/linux/device.h

Structs

Bound

The Bound context is the context of a bus specific device reference when it is guaranteed to be bound for the duration of its lifetime.

Core

The Core context is the context of a bus specific device when it is supplied as argument of any of the bus callbacks, such as probe().

Device

A reference-counted device.

Normal

The Normal context is the context of a bus specific device when it is not an argument of any bus callback.

Traits

DeviceContext

Marker trait for the context of a bus specific device.