driver core: add a faux bus for use when a simple device/bus is needed

2025-02-13T15:58:51+00:00

Many drivers abuse the platform driver/bus system as it provides a simple way to create and bind a device to a driver-specific set of probe/release functions. Instead of doing that, and wasting all of the memory associated with a platform device, here is a "faux" bus that can be used instead. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh Reviewed-by: Zijun Hu Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2025021026-atlantic-gibberish-3f0c@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kernel/linux.git/include/linux/device/faux.h, branch v6.19.11

driver core: add a faux bus for use when a simple device/bus is needed