__fpga_bridge_register(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 __fpga_bridge_register — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is __fpga_bridge_register. literally the moment a whole FPGA bridge device gets born and registered into the world. we love a main character debut ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

__fpga_bridge_register — create and register an FPGA Bridge device

like. it makes one. and then registers it. both things. icon behavior 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct fpga_bridge * __fpga_bridge_register (struct device *parent ,
       const char *name , const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops , void *priv ,
       struct module *owner );

look at that signature. so many little parameters lined up like they're waiting for the group photo 📸

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • parent — the FPGA bridge device that came from pdev. it's the parent, it's giving guardian energy 🫶
  • name — the FPGA bridge name. what we're gonna call this thing 💖
  • br_ops — pointer to the structure of fpga bridge ops. the whole personality of the bridge lives in here ✨
  • priv — FPGA bridge private data. its little secrets 🤫
  • owner — the owner module containing the br_ops. gotta know whose module is responsible, no cap 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns a struct fpga_bridge pointer — or an ERR_PTR. so like, check it before you get too excited, bestie 😭

no cap, if it comes back as an ERR_PTR that's your vibe check failing. handle it 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

peep the kernel file ./drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c — that's where the whole thing lives 🧚

and then the friend group, all together:

the way this roster just goes enable → disable → get → put → unregister… it's giving full lifecycle, it's giving closure, it's giving slay 💅💜

okay that's the whole page!! love that for us 💖 this one lives under ./drivers/fpga, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar, screenshot it, send it to the group chat 🎀🦋🌸 periodt.

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