> > Is there any way that one can > > infer from the presence or absence of either kind of declaration that > > there is only one way to cause the probe function to be invoked? > > I think the short answer is no. > > DT requires an of_match_table. ACPI requires an acpi_match_table > (IIRC). PCI/USB use VID/PID. Then you have old style platform device > and driver .name matching. And then there's manually binding. Thanks for all of the clarifications! julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html