__devm_auxil...evice_create(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this page is literally called __devm_auxil...evice_create(9) (yes the title is truncated, that's just how it's printed, don't come for me 🙈) and it's all about __devm_auxiliary_device_create — the managed-device-creating icon of the auxiliary bus 👑

__devm_auxiliary_device_create — create a managed device on the auxiliary bus 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct auxiliary_device * __devm_auxiliary_device_create (struct device
*dev , const char *modname , const char *devname , void *platform_data ,
int id );

like. look at her. five whole arguments. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the parent device 🫶 (yes, everything has a parent, it's giving family tree)
• modname — the module name, and it's the one used to build up the auxiliary driver name 🔥
• devname — the auxiliary bus device name 🌸
• platform_data — the auxiliary bus device platform data 🍓
• id — the auxiliary bus device id ⭐

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this one is a device managed helper that creates an auxiliary bus device, no cap 🧚 it's literally the glow-up version where the cleanup is handled for you.

The device it creates matches driver 'modname.devname' on the auxiliary bus 👑 — that's the whole vibe. modname, dot, devname. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/auxiliary.c — that's the source, go read her 💜
• PURPOSE(9)
• USAGE(9)
• EXAMPLE(9)
• auxiliary_device_init(9)
• __auxiliary_device_add(9)
• __auxiliary_driver_register(9)
• auxiliary_driver_unregister(9)
• auxiliary_device_create(9)
• auxiliary_device_destroy(9)
• dev_is_auxiliary(9)

iykyk 😭💀

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎉 it lives in ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, and it's filed under __devm_auxil...evice_create(9) in case you need to find her again 💅🫶 slay, go forth and create managed auxiliary devices ✨🎀