[PATCH] pnp: PNP: adjust pnp_register_driver signature
Remove 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.
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().
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/pnp.txt b/Documentation/pnp.txt
index af0f6ea..9529c9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/pnp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pnp.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
pnp_register_driver
- adds a PnP driver to the Plug and Play Layer
- this includes driver model integration
+- returns zero for success or a negative error number for failure; count
+ calls to the .add() method if you need to know how many devices bind to
+ the driver
pnp_unregister_driver
- removes a PnP driver from the Plug and Play Layer
