driver_attach(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to driver_attach(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the one 💅

driver_attach - try to bind driver to devices.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature, exact, no edits:

int driver_attach (const struct device_driver *drv );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drv — driver. literally the driver, bestie. that's the whole argument.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: driver_attach walks the list of devices that the bus has on it and tries to match the driver with each one. if driver_probe_device returns 0 and the dev->driver is set, we've found a compatible pair. periodt 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/dd.c
• driver_deferred_probe_trigger(9)
• device_block_probing(9)
• device_unblock_probing(9)
• device_set_deferred_probe_reason(9)
• driver_deferred_probe_check_state(9)
• deferred_probe_initcall(9)
• device_is_bound(9)
• device_bind_driver(9)
• driver_probe_done(9)
• wait_for_device_probe(9)
• driver_probe_device(9)
• device_attach(9)
• device_driver_attach(9)
• device_release_driver(9)
• device_driver_detach(9)
• driver_detach(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 the source/version is ./drivers/base, the date is October 2026, and the page is driver_attach(9) — byeeee 💅✨