extern struct kset *bus_get_kset(struct bus_type *bus);
extern struct klist *bus_get_device_klist(struct bus_type *bus);
+/**
+ * enum probe_type - device driver probe type to try
+ * Device drivers may opt in for special handling of their
+ * respective probe routines. This tells the core what to
+ * expect and prefer.
+ *
+ * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Used by drivers that work equally well
+ * whether probed synchronously or asynchronously.
+ * @PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS: Drivers for "slow" devices which
+ * probing order is not essential for booting the system may
+ * opt into executing their probes asynchronously.
+ * @PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS: Use this to annotate drivers that need
+ * their probe routines to run synchronously with driver and
+ * device registration (with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER
+ * handling - re-probing always ends up being done asynchronously).
+ *
+ * Note that the end goal is to switch the kernel to use asynchronous
+ * probing by default, so annotating drivers with
+ * %PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS is a temporary measure that allows us
+ * to speed up boot process while we are validating the rest of the
+ * drivers.
+ */
+enum probe_type {
+ PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY,
+ PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+ PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
+};
+
/**
* struct device_driver - The basic device driver structure
* @name: Name of the device driver.
* @owner: The module owner.
* @mod_name: Used for built-in modules.
* @suppress_bind_attrs: Disables bind/unbind via sysfs.
+ * @probe_type: Type of the probe (synchronous or asynchronous) to use.
* @of_match_table: The open firmware table.
* @acpi_match_table: The ACPI match table.
* @probe: Called to query the existence of a specific device,
const char *mod_name; /* used for built-in modules */
bool suppress_bind_attrs; /* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
+ enum probe_type probe_type;
const struct of_device_id *of_match_table;
const struct acpi_device_id *acpi_match_table;
extern void device_release_driver(struct device *dev);
extern int __must_check device_attach(struct device *dev);
extern int __must_check driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv);
+extern void device_initial_probe(struct device *dev);
extern int __must_check device_reprobe(struct device *dev);
/*