__sdw_register_driver(9)

💖 __sdw_register_driver(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for __sdw_register_driver(9) — literally the moment you register a SoundWire Slave driver. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__sdw_register_driver — register a SoundWire Slave driver 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int __sdw_register_driver (struct sdw_driver *drv , struct module *owner
);

the way that signature just sits there being all official, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• drv — the driver to register. that's the main character right there 👑
• owner — the owning module/driver. yep, it's giving ownership vibes 💜

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

zero on success, else a negative error code. so like, zero is the slay outcome, negative is the "oop" outcome 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/soundwire/bus_type.c
• sdw_get_device_id(9)
• sdw_unregister_driver(9)

go peek at those if you're doing your little kernel lore deep dive, iykyk 🧚

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mwah 💋 source/version ./drivers/soundwire, date October 2026 — bye bestie, go register that driver responsibly 🫶🎀