Kernel newbie need some help

/* * platform_device.h - generic, centralized driver model * * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Patrick Mochel * * This file is released under the GPLv2 * * See Documentation/driver-model/ for more information. */

#ifndef _PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_ #define _PLATFORM_DEVICE_H_

#include

struct platform_device { const char * name; u32 id; struct device dev; u32 num_resources; struct resource * resource; }; ...

I read the documentation, but it was not very clear.

Its used for devices which cannot be autodetected (in contrast to devices on the PCI bus). You must *know* they are in the system. And you must know which resources these devices allocate. So you create a list of platform devices in your board support package. See arch/arm/mach-pxa/generic.c (or mainstone.c) for some examples how to use them.

Hope it helps JB