comedi_pci_auto_config(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the <pink>comedi_pci_auto_config(9)</pink> page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about <rainbow>comedi_pci_auto_config</rainbow> — Configure/probe a PCI COMEDI device ✨💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       int comedi_pci_auto_config (struct pci_dev *pcidev , struct
       comedi_driver *driver , unsigned long context );

That signature is giving very much kernel-core, no cap 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pcidev — PCI device. 🖥️💖
  • driver — Registered COMEDI driver. 👑
  • context — Driver specific data, passed to comedi_auto_config. 🧺

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: this is typically called from the pci_driver (*probe) function. 🫡 It auto-configures a COMEDI device, using the struct device embedded in *pcidev as the hardware device.

The context value gets passed through to the driver's "auto_attach" handler. That "auto_attach" handler may call comedi_to_pci_dev on the passed in COMEDI device to recover pcidev. literally iconic wiring, iykyk 🔥

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns the result of calling comedi_auto_config — 0 on success, or a negative error number on failure 😭. That's the whole vibe check, fr fr.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/comedi/comedi_pci.c 👀

mwah 💋 this page's cute little sign-off is brought to you by the source/version tag ./drivers/comedi, dated October 2026 — stay comedi-fied, bestie 🫶🎀

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