Danilo Krummrich 07265c326b driver-core: improve driver binding documentation ... The driver binding documentation (still) mentions that "When a driver is attached to a device, the device is inserted into the driver's list of devices.". While it is true that the driver-core keeps track of all the devices that are attached to a driver, this is purely for internal purposes (i.e. it is an implementation detail) and has no relevance for user facing documentation. In fact, it is even misleading, since it could be read as if it were valid for driver implementations to keep track of all the devices bound to it. Instead, drivers operate on a per-device basis, with a separate per-device instance created when the driver is bound to a device. Hence, remove the mention of a driver's list of devices and instead add some documentation of the relationship between drivers and devices. Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260115215718.6405-1-dakr@kernel.org>		2026-01-16 11:14:36 -07:00
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80211	wifi: mac80211: rename ieee80211_tx_status() to ieee80211_tx_status_skb()	2023-10-23 12:26:51 +02:00
acpi	Documentation: ACPI: fix error script name	2021-06-17 13:21:48 -06:00
backlight
coco	Merge branch 'for-6.16/tsm-mr' into tsm-next	2025-05-12 22:12:44 -07:00
crypto	mm: remove unused zpool layer	2025-09-21 14:21:59 -07:00
cxl	Documentation/driver-api/cxl: remove page-allocator quirk section	2025-11-03 09:16:02 -07:00
dmaengine	dmaengine updates for v6.16	2025-06-05 08:49:30 -07:00
driver-model	driver-core: improve driver binding documentation	2026-01-16 11:14:36 -07:00
early-userspace	docs: initramfs: file data alignment via name padding	2025-08-20 16:02:56 -07:00
firmware	docs: efi: add CPER functions to driver-api	2025-11-21 09:42:03 +01:00
fpga	fpga: region: add owner module and take its refcount	2024-04-23 15:37:20 +08:00
gpio	Documentation: gpio: Add a compatibility and feature list for PCA953x	2025-11-19 12:07:39 +01:00
hte	hte: Re-phrase tegra API document	2023-04-26 15:43:19 -07:00
i3c	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
iio	docs: iio: Allow creating cross-references ABI	2025-02-18 13:42:46 -07:00
md	Documentation: driver-api: correct spelling	2023-02-02 11:05:16 -07:00
media	media: Documentation: kapi: Add v4l2 generic ISP support	2025-11-14 15:48:49 +01:00
mei	docs: driver-api: properly format ToC headings	2023-11-17 13:05:26 -07:00
memory-devices
mmc	Documentation: mmc: Add mmc-test doc	2024-09-05 12:13:39 +02:00
mtd	Docs: typos/spelling	2024-05-02 10:02:29 -06:00
nfc	Documentation: driver-api: correct spelling	2023-02-02 11:05:16 -07:00
nvdimm	Documentation: btt: Unwrap bit 31-30 nested table	2025-11-07 09:06:51 -06:00
pci	tsm for 6.19	2025-12-06 10:15:41 -08:00
phy	phy: core: Remove unused phy_pm_runtime_(allow|forbid)	2025-03-10 12:58:07 +05:30
pldmfw	Documentation: pldmfw: Demote library overview section	2025-11-05 11:29:30 -07:00
pm	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
rapidio
serial	serial: Remove unused uart_get_console	2025-06-19 13:24:16 +02:00
soundwire	soundwire: update Intel BPT message length limitation	2025-06-09 21:42:18 +05:30
surface_aggregator	lib: crc_ccitt_false() is identical to crc_itu_t()	2023-12-29 12:22:26 -08:00
thermal	docs: driver-api/thermal/intel_dptf: Add new workload type hint	2025-11-20 21:32:52 +01:00
tty	tty: fix tty_port_tty_*hangup() kernel-doc	2025-06-24 15:32:56 +01:00
usb	Documentation: treewide: Replace marc.info links with lore	2025-11-03 16:21:31 -07:00
virtio	virtio: store owner from modules with register_virtio_driver()	2024-04-08 04:11:04 -04:00
xilinx
aperture.rst	drm: Implement DRM aperture helpers under video/	2022-06-27 11:07:55 +02:00
auxiliary_bus.rst	drivers/base: Remove unused auxiliary_find_device	2024-10-14 08:21:09 +02:00
basics.rst	docs: Update documentation to avoid mentioning of kernel.h	2025-12-22 14:59:18 -07:00
clk.rst	docs: clk: add documentation to log which clocks have been disabled	2023-04-20 17:53:38 -06:00
component.rst
connector.rst
console.rst
devfreq.rst
device-io.rst	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
device_link.rst
dma-buf.rst	doc: dma-buf: fix grammar typo	2024-04-18 16:20:48 +02:00
dpll.rst	dpll: add phase-adjust-gran pin attribute	2025-10-31 17:59:17 -07:00
edac.rst	EDAC/amd64: Document heterogeneous system enumeration	2023-06-05 12:27:15 +02:00
eisa.rst	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
extcon.rst	Documentation: extcon: add documentation for Extcon subsystem	2024-12-08 21:59:40 +09:00
firewire.rst	firewire: core: expose kernel API to schedule work item to process isochronous context	2024-09-08 13:05:48 +09:00
frame-buffer.rst
generic-counter.rst	docs: arm: generic-counter: Allow creating cross-references for ABI	2025-02-18 13:42:46 -07:00
generic_pt.rst	iommupt: Documentation fixes	2025-11-07 11:12:03 +01:00
hsi.rst	Documentation: driver-api: correct spelling	2023-02-02 11:05:16 -07:00
hw-recoverable-errors.rst	vmcoreinfo: track and log recoverable hardware errors	2025-11-27 14:24:44 -08:00
i2c.rst
index.rst	Significant patch series in this pull request:	2025-12-06 14:01:20 -08:00
infiniband.rst	docs: driver-api/infiniband.rst: fix Kerneldoc markup	2025-03-04 09:47:38 -07:00
infrastructure.rst	driver core: add a faux bus for use when a simple device/bus is needed	2025-02-13 16:58:51 +01:00
input.rst	Add libps2 to the input section of driver-api	2024-07-03 16:20:49 -06:00
interconnect.rst	interconnect: Add debugfs test client	2023-08-22 21:04:50 +03:00
io-mapping.rst	Documentation: driver-api: correct spelling	2023-02-02 11:05:16 -07:00
io_ordering.rst
ioctl.rst	docs: driver-api: avoid using ReST :doc:foo markup	2021-06-17 13:24:37 -06:00
ipmb.rst
ipmi.rst	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
isa.rst	Remove duplicate words inside documentation	2022-09-27 13:21:43 -06:00
libata.rst	Documentation: driver-api: Update libata error handler information	2025-07-16 09:31:43 +02:00
mailbox.rst	Documentation: mailbox: mbox_chan_ops.flush() is optional	2025-12-22 15:30:31 -07:00
men-chameleon-bus.rst
message-based.rst
misc_devices.rst
miscellaneous.rst	docs/driver-api/miscellaneous: Remove kernel-doc of serial_core.c	2022-11-09 14:56:05 +01:00
mtdnand.rst
ntb.rst	Documentation: NTB: Fix typo	2025-05-19 09:04:21 -06:00
nvmem.rst	nvmem: Remove unused nvmem cell table support	2025-05-21 14:28:27 +02:00
parport-lowlevel.rst	Documentation: parport-lowlevel: Separate function listing code blocks	2025-11-10 12:47:36 -07:00
pin-control.rst	pci-v6.18-changes	2025-10-06 10:41:03 -07:00
pps.rst	Documentation: driver-api: pps: Add Intel Timed I/O PPS generator	2025-02-21 10:46:49 +01:00
ptp.rst	docs: ptp.rst: Add information about NVIDIA Mellanox devices	2023-06-20 09:02:32 +01:00
pwm.rst	docs: pwm: Adapt Locking paragraph to reality	2025-07-07 08:39:36 +02:00
pwrseq.rst	Documentation: pwrseq: Fix trivial misspellings	2024-11-22 10:36:53 -07:00
regulator.rst
reset.rst	Documentation: reset: Remove reset_controller_add_lookup()	2025-11-20 10:02:37 +01:00
rfkill.rst
s390-drivers.rst	docs: move s390 under arch	2023-07-24 12:12:24 +02:00
scsi.rst	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
slimbus.rst
sm501.rst
spi.rst	docs: driver-api: fix spelling of "buses".	2025-09-18 10:40:46 -06:00
switchtec.rst
sync_file.rst
target.rst
tee.rst	Documentation: Destage TEE subsystem documentation	2023-12-08 15:45:10 -07:00
uio-howto.rst
vfio-mediated-device.rst	vfio-mdev: remove an non-existing driver from vfio-mediated-device	2023-01-23 11:26:29 -07:00
vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance.rst	vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria for variant drivers	2022-03-17 09:57:11 -06:00
vfio.rst	vfio: remove an extra semicolon	2024-05-10 11:15:21 -06:00
vme.rst	vme: move back to staging	2022-06-10 15:38:14 +02:00
w1.rst
wbrf.rst	Docs: typos/spelling	2024-05-02 10:02:29 -06:00
wmi.rst	platform/x86: wmi: Move WMI core code into a separate directory	2025-11-18 11:18:11 +02:00
xillybus.rst
zorro.rst