do_map_probe and driver name

Munira Ahmed munira.ahmed at radixs.com
Mon May 16 21:33:37 EDT 2005


what's wrong in posting the same question to two different lists?

I just wanted to be able to reach more people.

Thanks for your guidance. I will keep that in mind now on.


On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 08:55 -0400, Ralph Siemsen wrote:
> Please don't post the same message to multiple mailing lists.
> 
> Munira Ahmed wrote:
> > do_map_probe requires name of a driver to probe.
> > Now how do I know the names of mtd drivers to see if I have them or not
> > How do I find out which driver is currently active
> > is there any list of all or some driver names. 
> 
> The answer can be found easily by searching for calls to do_map_probe in 
> the kernel/drivers/mtd subdirectories.  For example in physmap.c:
> 
> 	static const char *rom_probe_types[] = {
> 		"cfi_probe", "jedec_probe", "map_rom", NULL
> 	};
> 	const char **type = rom_probe_types;
> 
> 	for(; !mymtd && *type; type++) {
>                  mymtd = do_map_probe(*type, &physmap_map);
>          }
> 
> So you can ee it is called with names like "cfi_probe" etc.  These 
> functions are defined drivers/mtd/chips directory.  So take a look at 
> the files in that directory to discover the names you seek.
> 
> -R
> 
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