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Add an (always) reference-counted abstraction for a generic C `struct device`. This abstraction encapsulates existing `struct device` instances and manages its reference count. Subsystems may use this abstraction as a base to abstract subsystem specific device instances based on a generic `struct device`, such as `struct pci_dev`. Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240618154841.6716-2-dakr@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.