__usb_seria...ster_drivers(9)

💅 __usb_serial_register_drivers — the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the __usb_seria...ster_drivers(9) page 💖 this one's short and sweet but it's lowkey doing a LOT of work behind the scenes, so let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__usb_serial_register_drivers — register drivers for a usb-serial module 👑

like, the whole vibe of this function is "here's my squad of drivers, please make them official" and honestly? iconic.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int __usb_serial_register_drivers (struct usb_serial_driver *const
serial_drivers[] , struct module *owner , const char *name , const
struct usb_device_id *id_table );

four arguments, returns an int, no cap 🧚

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• serial_drivers — a NULL-terminated array of pointers to the drivers you want registered ✨ like, the actual guest list, and the NULL at the end is your "okay that's everybody, doors closed" moment 🙈
• owner — the owning module 💜 this is the module that's gonna be holding the leash on this whole thing
• name — the name of the usb_driver for this set of serial_drivers 🏷️ so basically this squad needs a name and you're giving it one
• id_table — list of all devices this serial_drivers set binds to 🔥 the full "who's allowed in" list, every single device this set claims

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💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function registers all the drivers in the serial_drivers array, and then, and this is the fun part, it dynamically creates a struct usb_driver with the name name and id_table of id_table. 💅

like it literally builds the usb_driver for you on the fly. not me doing zero manual struct setup 😭 that's main character energy fr fr.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
• serial_install(9)
• serial_port_shutdown(9)
• serial_cleanup(9)
• usb_serial_deregister_drivers(9)

go read those too bestie, iykyk 📚✨

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ngl this page is smol but it's giving essential. don't skip it 🫶

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page! this one lives in the ./drivers/usb/serial directory, it's from the Kernel API Manual, and it was dated October 2026 — so yeah, technically from the future, slay 🦋⭐🎀