__platform_driver_register(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 NAME 👑

okay so bestie, meet __platform_driver_register — the function that registers a driver for platform-level devices ✨ that's literally the whole job description and she ate 💅

quick vibe check though: the manual name situation is __platform_driver_register(9) from the Kernel API Manual — that (9) is giving kernel-section energy, iykyk 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int __platform_driver_register (struct platform_driver *drv , struct module *owner , const char *mod_name );

no cap, that's the whole signature — it hands you back an int and takes three args. let's meet them 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • drv — the platform driver structure 🌸 this is the main character of the whole operation, the actual driver you're putting on the board.
  • owner — the owning module/driver 💖 whoever this thing belongs to, that's who goes here.
  • mod_name — a module name string ⭐ literally just the module name, as a string, no drama.
bestie reminder: those are the exact types from the synopsis — struct platform_driver *drv, struct module *owner, const char *mod_name — don't go freelancing with the args, the compiler is watching 👀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

so like, the source of truth lives in the kernel file ./drivers/base/platform.c 📁 and then there's the whole platform squad — 32 links, and not me listing every single one because they're all iconic in their own way 😭💜

the way the device-side ones and the driver-side ones are all here living their best lives together 🧚 lowkey obsessed with how organized this list is ngl 🌈

🌸 and that's the page! she's short, she's sweet, she registers platform drivers, periodt 💅

okay and for the cute sign-off: this lil beauty hangs out under ./drivers/base 📁 and the footer era is October 2026 ⭐ so go forth, register responsibly, and remember — __platform_driver_register(9), always in our hearts 💖🫶

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