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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst | 12 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst index 70e328e16aad..d6763272e747 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst @@ -81,10 +81,14 @@ integration is desired. Two other flags are specifically targeted at use cases where the device link is added from the consumer's ``->probe`` callback: ``DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE`` can be specified to runtime resume the supplier upon addition of the -device link. ``DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE`` causes the device link to be automatically -purged when the consumer fails to probe or later unbinds. This obviates -the need to explicitly delete the link in the ``->remove`` callback or in -the error path of the ``->probe`` callback. +device link. ``DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER`` causes the device link to be +automatically purged when the consumer fails to probe or later unbinds. +This obviates the need to explicitly delete the link in the ``->remove`` +callback or in the error path of the ``->probe`` callback. + +Similarly, when the device link is added from supplier's ``->probe`` callback, +``DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_SUPPLIER`` causes the device link to be automatically +purged when the supplier fails to probe or later unbinds. Limitations =========== |