bus_add_driver(9)

💖 bus_add_driver(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the big-kid driver-corner of the man pages and honestly? iconic. this one's short but she's important. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

bus_add_driver — literally just: add a driver to the bus. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🚌

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bus_add_driver (struct device_driver *drv );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• drv — the driver. that's it. that's the argument. it's a struct device_driver * and she is the main character of this call. 🫶

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

like, go read these next, they're all in ./drivers/base/bus.c and they're all part of the same little family:

• bus_to_subsys(9)
• bus_for_each_dev(9)
• bus_find_device(9)
• bus_for_each_drv(9)
• bus_add_device(9)
• bus_probe_device(9)
• bus_remove_device(9)
• bus_remove_driver(9)
• bus_rescan_devices(9)
• device_reprobe(9)
• bus_register(9)
• bus_unregister(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_init(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_next(9)
• subsys_dev_iter_exit(9)
• subsys_system_register(9)
• subsys_virtual_register(9)
• driver_find(9)
• bus_get_dev_root(9)

lowkey the whole bus subsystem lives in ./drivers/base and honestly it ate 💅

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this cutie was brought to you by the source at ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, and she's filed under bus_add_driver(9) in the Kernel API Manual. go forth and add your drivers, bestie 🌈✨👑