adf_cfg_dev_add(9)

💖 NAME — adf_cfg_dev_add(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for adf_cfg_dev_add(9) — manual name folded in right here because we are cute like that 💅. This function is the one that creates an acceleration device configuration table. periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int adf_cfg_dev_add (struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• accel_dev — Pointer to acceleration device. That’s the whole vibe: you hand it the accel device pointer 🫶.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the function creates a configuration table for the given acceleration device. The table stores device specific config values. It’s to be used by QAT device specific drivers — iykyk 💜.

No cap, that’s the useful lore: config table for the accel device, device specific values inside, QAT drivers are the intended users ✨.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — slay ✅
• error code otherwise — not slay, but at least you know 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_cfg.c
• adf_cfg_dev_remove(9)
• adf_cfg_add_key_value_param(9)
• adf_cfg_section_add(9)

These are the little friends in the same QAT config-adjacent orbit 🌈.

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🫶 source/version: ./drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat... — October 2026 🫶