__devm_inte...ipc_register(9)

💅 __devm_inte...ipc_register(9) — like, the whole page, bestie

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally all about registering a managed SCU IPC device. yes babe, managed, as in devm does the cleanup for you so you don't have to 😌✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__devm_intel_scu_ipc_register — Register managed SCU IPC device

like the name says it's the managed-flavoured register function, no cap 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct intel_scu_ipc_dev * __devm_intel_scu_ipc_register (struct device
*parent , const struct intel_scu_ipc_data *scu_data , struct module
*owner );

that's the whole signature, copy it exactly, don't be clever with it 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• parent — the parent device 💖 this is the device you're hanging your new SCU IPC thing under, the whole "managed" bit keys off it.
• scu_data — the data used to configure SCU IPC 🦋 all your configuration vibes go in here.
• owner — the module registering the SCU IPC device 👑 that's you, the module, bestie.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the actual tea: call this function to register a managed SCU IPC mechanism under parent. that's it, that's the job 💅

it returns a pointer to the new SCU IPC device — or an ERR_PTR if it fails 😭 (yes, the classic error-pointer situation, check it, don't just vibe with it).

and listen, the caller may totally use the returned instance if it needs to do SCU IPC calls itself. main character energy, you get the handle and you can use it 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c — the source, go read it, iykyk 📖
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_get(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_put(9)
• devm_intel_scu_ipc_dev_get(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_ioread8(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_iowrite8(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_readv(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_writev(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_update(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_simple_command(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_dev_command_with_size(9)
• __intel_scu_ipc_register(9)
• intel_scu_ipc_unregister(9)

the whole friend group, all linked, all iconic 🫶

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ngl the whole point here is managed — __devm_ prefix means the devres crew handles the teardown for you. just don't ignore that ERR_PTR, bestie, fr fr 💀

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okay that's the page!! sign-off time: this little gem lives in ./drivers/platform/x86, and the date on it is October 2026 — so yeah, future vibes ⭐🧚💜 slay, bye ✨