dlpar_add_slot(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

dlpar_add_slot — DLPAR add an I/O Slot 💅

okay so bestie, this is the dlpar_add_slot(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally about letting the kernel know a new I/O Slot just slid into the chat. iconic. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int dlpar_add_slot (char *drc_name );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• drc_name — drc-name of newly added slot 🦋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the whole vibe is this: it makes the hotplug module and the kernel aware of a newly added I/O Slot. no cap, that's the job. 💖

Return Codes:

• 0 — Success ✨
• -ENODEV — Not a valid drc_name 😭
• -EINVAL — Slot already added 💀
• -ERESTARTSYS — Signalled before obtaining lock 🫶
• -EIO — Internal PCI Error 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c
• find_php_slot(9)
• dlpar_remove_vio_slot(9)
• dlpar_remove_pci_slot(9)
• dlpar_remove_slot(9)

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mwah 💋 this lil icon is from ./drivers/pci/hotplug, dated October 2026, and it's literally dlpar_add_slot(9) — periodt. 🌈👑