+done:
+ kfree(data);
+ atomic_dec(&probe_count);
+ wake_up(&probe_waitqueue);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * driver_probe_done
+ * Determine if the probe sequence is finished or not.
+ *
+ * Should somehow figure out how to use a semaphore, not an atomic variable...
+ */
+int driver_probe_done(void)
+{
+ pr_debug("%s: probe_count = %d\n", __FUNCTION__,
+ atomic_read(&probe_count));
+ if (atomic_read(&probe_count))
+ return -EBUSY;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * driver_probe_device - attempt to bind device & driver together
+ * @drv: driver to bind a device to
+ * @dev: device to try to bind to the driver
+ *
+ * First, we call the bus's match function, if one present, which should
+ * compare the device IDs the driver supports with the device IDs of the
+ * device. Note we don't do this ourselves because we don't know the
+ * format of the ID structures, nor what is to be considered a match and
+ * what is not.
+ *
+ * This function returns 1 if a match is found, an error if one occurs
+ * (that is not -ENODEV or -ENXIO), and 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * This function must be called with @dev->sem held. When called for a
+ * USB interface, @dev->parent->sem must be held as well.
+ */
+int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
+{
+ struct stupid_thread_structure *data;
+ struct task_struct *probe_task;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (!device_is_registered(dev))
+ return -ENODEV;
+ if (drv->bus->match && !drv->bus->match(dev, drv))
+ goto done;
+
+ pr_debug("%s: Matched Device %s with Driver %s\n",
+ drv->bus->name, dev->bus_id, drv->name);
+
+ data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!data)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ data->drv = drv;
+ data->dev = dev;
+
+ if (drv->multithread_probe) {
+ probe_task = kthread_run(really_probe, data,
+ "probe-%s", dev->bus_id);
+ if (IS_ERR(probe_task))
+ ret = really_probe(data);
+ } else
+ ret = really_probe(data);
+
+done: