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2025-02-13driver core: add a faux bus for use when a simple device/bus is neededGreg Kroah-Hartman
Many drivers abuse the platform driver/bus system as it provides a simple way to create and bind a device to a driver-specific set of probe/release functions. Instead of doing that, and wasting all of the memory associated with a platform device, here is a "faux" bus that can be used instead. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@quicinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2025021026-atlantic-gibberish-3f0c@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>