dev_is_auxiliary(9)

💅 dev_is_auxiliary(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's short and sweet — a little one-function baddie. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

dev_is_auxiliary — check if the device is an auxiliary one 👑

like, is this device that kind of device? this function knows. main character energy fr.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool dev_is_auxiliary (struct device *dev );

returns a bool, takes a struct device *. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🦋

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — the device to check 👀 that's it, that's the argument. hand it a device and it'll tell you what's what.

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the whole auxiliary squad, plus the kernel file that started it all:

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/auxiliary.c
• PURPOSE(9)
• USAGE(9)
• EXAMPLE(9)
• auxiliary_device_init(9)
• __auxiliary_device_add(9)
• __auxiliary_driver_register(9)
• auxiliary_driver_unregister(9)
• auxiliary_device_create(9)
• auxiliary_device_destroy(9)
• __devm_auxiliary_device_create(9)

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ngl bestie, this page is like three lines of lore — but every line ate 💅 go read the SEE ALSOs if you want the full story, iykyk.

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⭐ that's the whole page!! brought to you from ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual — slay, go check your devices, ily, bye 💜🌈