devm_regmap_init_spi(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

devm_regmap_init_spi(9) βœ¨πŸ’…

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about initialising a register map for SPI devices, bestie. no cap, it's giving β€œkernel dev but make it cute” energy πŸŽ€


🌸 NAME 🌸

devm_regmap_init_spi β€” Initialise register map


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

devm_regmap_init_spi (dev , config );

🫢 ARGUMENTS 🫢

  • dev β€” Device that will be interacted with
  • config β€” Configuration for register map

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

so like, the return value? it's gonna be an ERR_PTR if things go wrong 😭 or a valid pointer to a struct regmap if we're slaying ✨ and the map? it gets automatically freed by the device management code, periodt. no manual cleanup arc needed, iykyk πŸ’…


πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

Kernel file ./include/linux/regmap.h β€” and honestly bestie, here's the whole friend group:


ngl this whole list is iconic, go read them if you're deep in the regmap lore 🌈

and that's the page, bestie πŸ’– it lives in ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's literally devm_regmap_init_spi(9) β€” periodt πŸ¦‹βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from