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-rw-r--r--include/dm/device-internal.h13
-rw-r--r--include/dm/device.h4
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/dm/device-internal.h b/include/dm/device-internal.h
index 7005d03..44cb7ef 100644
--- a/include/dm/device-internal.h
+++ b/include/dm/device-internal.h
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ int device_bind_by_name(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only,
int device_probe(struct udevice *dev);
/**
+ * device_probe() - Probe a child device, activating it
+ *
+ * Activate a device so that it is ready for use. All its parents are probed
+ * first. The child is provided with parent data if parent_priv is not NULL.
+ *
+ * @dev: Pointer to device to probe
+ * @parent_priv: Pointer to parent data. If non-NULL then this is provided to
+ * the child.
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
+ */
+int device_probe_child(struct udevice *dev, void *parent_priv);
+
+/**
* device_remove() - Remove a device, de-activating it
*
* De-activate a device so that it is no longer ready for use. All its
diff --git a/include/dm/device.h b/include/dm/device.h
index 160cd58..56862d3 100644
--- a/include/dm/device.h
+++ b/include/dm/device.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ struct udevice_id {
* @per_child_auto_alloc_size: Each device can hold private data owned by
* its parent. If required this will be automatically allocated if this
* value is non-zero.
+ * TODO(sjg@chromium.org): I'm considering dropping this, and just having
+ * device_probe_child() pass it in. So far the use case for allocating it
+ * is SPI, but I found that unsatisfactory. Since it is here I will leave it
+ * until things are clearer.
* @ops: Driver-specific operations. This is typically a list of function
* pointers defined by the driver, to implement driver functions required by
* the uclass.