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📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

component_master_add_with_match — bestie, this is the one that registers an aggregate driver 🎀 (and yes, that's from the Kernel API Manual, iykyk 💅)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int component_master_add_with_match (struct device *parent , const
       const struct component_master_ops *ops , struct component_match *match );

Lowkey the whole thing in one line, no cap:

int component_master_add_with_match(struct device *parent,
                                    const struct component_master_ops *ops,
                                    struct component_match *match);

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • parent — the parent device of the aggregate driver 🫶 like, the whole vibe's parent, fr fr.
  • ops — the callbacks for the aggregate driver ✨ this is where the actual behaviour lives.
  • match — the component match list for the aggregate driver 🎀 literally the guest list.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you're registering a brand-new aggregate driver 👑 and it's made up of the components you added to match by calling one of the component_match_add functions. That's the move. That's it.

Then — the way that this works is genuinely iconic — once all the components in match are available, it gets assembled by calling component_master_ops.bind from ops 💫 like the universe said "everyone's here, let's go."

⚠️ Important bestie moment: you must unregister it by calling component_master_del. Not optional. Don't leave it hanging, that's not the vibe 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 mwah 🫶

This lil masterclass came from ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, and it's living in the Kernel API Manual — periodt. 🎀✨

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