> One may write new PCI device IDs into the new_id file:
> echo "8086 1229" > new_id
>
> which will cause a new device ID (sysfs name 0) to be added to the driver.
Why not call the probe routine at this point ?
This would do away with the need for the probe_it file.
The only downside I can see is that if we have a script
echoing lots of device id updates, we're going to lots of
additional (-ENODEV) probes.
Dave
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