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Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify __auxiliary_driver_register

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__auxiliary_driver_register is not intended to be called directly unless
a custom name is required.  Add documentation for this fact.

Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211202044305.4006853-5-ira.weiny@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Ira Weiny 2021-12-01 20:43:02 -08:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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drivers/base/auxiliary.c
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@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_find_device);
* @auxdrv: auxiliary_driver structure
* @owner: owning module/driver
* @modname: KBUILD_MODNAME for parent driver
*
* The expectation is that users will call the "auxiliary_driver_register"
* macro so that the caller's KBUILD_MODNAME is automatically inserted for the
* modname parameter. Only if a user requires a custom name would this version
* be called directly.
*/
int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv,
struct module *owner, const char *modname)