__pci_epf_register_driver(9)

✨ __pci_epf_register_driver(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a function page, no cap, and it's literally about telling the kernel "hey, here's a new PCI EPF driver, pls add it to the roster" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__pci_epf_register_driver — register a new PCI EPF driver 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int __pci_epf_register_driver (struct pci_epf_driver *driver , struct
module *owner );

like… that's the whole shape of it, fr fr 🫶 returns an int, takes two pointers, done.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• driver — the structure representing the PCI EPF driver 🌟 this is the main character of the whole call, the thing you're actually registering
• owner — the owner of the module that registers the PCI EPF driver 👑 aka the module that's claiming this driver as its own

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Invoke this one to register a new PCI EPF driver ✨ that's the vibe. you call it, the driver gets registered, slay. it's giving "official paperwork for your driver" energy, ngl 🎀

lowkey the whole point: register a new PCI EPF driver. no extra lore, no secret tricks, that's literally what it does 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file in question lives at ./drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c 🗂️ and here's the whole friend group of related calls, hi besties 👋💖

• pci_epf_unbind(9)
• pci_epf_bind(9)
• pci_epf_add_vepf(9)
• pci_epf_remove_vepf(9)
• pci_epf_free_space(9)
• pci_epf_alloc_space(9)
• pci_epf_assign_bar_space(9)
• pci_epf_unregister_driver(9)
• pci_epf_destroy(9)
• pci_epf_create(9)
• pci_epf_align_inbound_addr(9)

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and that's the tea 🍓 this page came out of ./drivers/pci/endpoint, dated October 2026, and it's the __pci_epf_register_driver(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — ily, go register something iconic 💅✨🫶