diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 645f62692920..783752b68a9a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *);
 extern void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *);
 
 extern void driver_detach(struct device_driver * drv);
+extern int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver *, struct device *);
 
 static inline struct class_device *to_class_dev(struct kobject *obj)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index c3fac7fd555e..96fe2f956754 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -133,6 +133,58 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_bus = {
 decl_subsys(bus, &ktype_bus, NULL);
 
 
+/* Manually detach a device from it's associated driver. */
+static int driver_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	const char *name = data;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, dev->bus_id) == 0)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t driver_unbind(struct device_driver *drv,
+			     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct device *dev;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = bus_find_device(bus, NULL, (void *)buf, driver_helper);
+	if ((dev) &&
+	    (dev->driver == drv)) {
+		device_release_driver(dev);
+		err = count;
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
+
+/*
+ * Manually attach a device to a driver.
+ * Note: the driver must want to bind to the device,
+ * it is not possible to override the driver's id table.
+ */
+static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
+			   const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct bus_type *bus = get_bus(drv->bus);
+	struct device *dev;
+	int err = -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = bus_find_device(bus, NULL, (void *)buf, driver_helper);
+	if ((dev) &&
+	    (dev->driver == NULL)) {
+		down(&dev->sem);
+		err = driver_probe_device(drv, dev);
+		up(&dev->sem);
+		put_device(dev);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+static DRIVER_ATTR(bind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_bind);
+
+
 static struct device * next_device(struct klist_iter * i)
 {
 	struct klist_node * n = klist_next(i);
@@ -177,6 +229,39 @@ int bus_for_each_dev(struct bus_type * bus, struct device * start,
 	return error;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bus_find_device - device iterator for locating a particular device.
+ * @bus: bus type
+ * @start: Device to begin with
+ * @data: Data to pass to match function
+ * @match: Callback function to check device
+ *
+ * This is similar to the bus_for_each_dev() function above, but it
+ * returns a reference to a device that is 'found' for later use, as
+ * determined by the @match callback.
+ *
+ * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero
+ * if it does.  If the callback returns non-zero, this function will
+ * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices.
+ */
+struct device * bus_find_device(struct bus_type *bus,
+				struct device *start, void *data,
+				int (*match)(struct device *, void *))
+{
+	struct klist_iter i;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	if (!bus)
+		return NULL;
+
+	klist_iter_init_node(&bus->klist_devices, &i,
+			     (start ? &start->knode_bus : NULL));
+	while ((dev = next_device(&i)))
+		if (match(dev, data) && get_device(dev))
+			break;
+	klist_iter_exit(&i);
+	return dev;
+}
 
 
 static struct device_driver * next_driver(struct klist_iter * i)
@@ -363,6 +448,8 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 		module_add_driver(drv->owner, drv);
 
 		driver_add_attrs(bus, drv);
+		driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
+		driver_create_file(drv, &driver_attr_bind);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -380,6 +467,8 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 {
 	if (drv->bus) {
+		driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_bind);
+		driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_unbind);
 		driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
 		klist_remove(&drv->knode_bus);
 		pr_debug("bus %s: remove driver %s\n", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
@@ -394,31 +483,22 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 /* Helper for bus_rescan_devices's iter */
 static int bus_rescan_devices_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	int *count = data;
-
-	if (!dev->driver && (device_attach(dev) > 0))
-		(*count)++;
-
+	if (!dev->driver)
+		device_attach(dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /**
- *	bus_rescan_devices - rescan devices on the bus for possible drivers
- *	@bus:	the bus to scan.
+ * bus_rescan_devices - rescan devices on the bus for possible drivers
+ * @bus: the bus to scan.
  *
- *	This function will look for devices on the bus with no driver
- *	attached and rescan it against existing drivers to see if it
- *	matches any. Calls device_attach(). Returns the number of devices
- *	that were sucessfully bound to a driver.
+ * This function will look for devices on the bus with no driver
+ * attached and rescan it against existing drivers to see if it matches
+ * any by calling device_attach() for the unbound devices.
  */
-int bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus)
+void bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus)
 {
-	int count = 0;
-
-	bus_for_each_dev(bus, NULL, &count, bus_rescan_devices_helper);
-
-	return count;
+	bus_for_each_dev(bus, NULL, NULL, bus_rescan_devices_helper);
 }
 
 
@@ -557,6 +637,7 @@ int __init buses_init(void)
 
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_for_each_dev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_find_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_for_each_drv);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_add_device);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 86d79755fbfb..efe03a024a5b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 	struct device * parent = dev->parent;
 
 	if (parent)
-		klist_remove(&dev->knode_parent);
+		klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
 
 	/* Notify the platform of the removal, in case they
 	 * need to do anything...
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 6db3a789c54f..16323f9cbff0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void device_bind_driver(struct device * dev)
  *
  *	This function must be called with @dev->sem held.
  */
-static int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
+int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 1b645886e9eb..291c5954a3af 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -55,6 +55,41 @@ int driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * start,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_for_each_device);
 
 
+/**
+ * driver_find_device - device iterator for locating a particular device.
+ * @driver: The device's driver
+ * @start: Device to begin with
+ * @data: Data to pass to match function
+ * @match: Callback function to check device
+ *
+ * This is similar to the driver_for_each_device() function above, but
+ * it returns a reference to a device that is 'found' for later use, as
+ * determined by the @match callback.
+ *
+ * The callback should return 0 if the device doesn't match and non-zero
+ * if it does.  If the callback returns non-zero, this function will
+ * return to the caller and not iterate over any more devices.
+ */
+struct device * driver_find_device(struct device_driver *drv,
+				   struct device * start, void * data,
+				   int (*match)(struct device *, void *))
+{
+	struct klist_iter i;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	if (!drv)
+		return NULL;
+
+	klist_iter_init_node(&drv->klist_devices, &i,
+			     (start ? &start->knode_driver : NULL));
+	while ((dev = next_device(&i)))
+		if (match(dev, data) && get_device(dev))
+			break;
+	klist_iter_exit(&i);
+	return dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_find_device);
+
 /**
  *	driver_create_file - create sysfs file for driver.
  *	@drv:	driver.
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 7b781a72b293..f378c846e6d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct bus_type {
 extern int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus);
 extern void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus);
 
-extern int bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus);
+extern void bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus);
 
 extern struct bus_type * get_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
 extern void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ extern struct bus_type * find_bus(char * name);
 
 int bus_for_each_dev(struct bus_type * bus, struct device * start, void * data,
 		     int (*fn)(struct device *, void *));
+struct device * bus_find_device(struct bus_type *bus, struct device *start,
+				void *data, int (*match)(struct device *, void *));
 
 int bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type * bus, struct device_driver * start, 
 		     void * data, int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ extern void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *, struct driver_attribute *
 
 extern int driver_for_each_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * start,
 				  void * data, int (*fn)(struct device *, void *));
+struct device * driver_find_device(struct device_driver *drv,
+				   struct device *start, void *data,
+				   int (*match)(struct device *, void *));
 
 
 /*