dvb_register_adapter(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 dvb_register_adapter(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes this is a real kernel API page, and yes it's about to be your new hyperfixation. This one's all about dvb_register_adapter — the function that puts a brand-new DVB adapter on the map. iconic behavior honestly 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

dvb_register_adapter — literally registers a new DVB adapter. that's the whole vibe. no cap, that's it 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the signature, copy it exactly bestie, character for character:

int dvb_register_adapter (struct dvb_adapter *adap , const char *name ,
struct module *module , struct device *device , short *adapter_nums );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

like five whole arguments, and every single one matters, so let's go through them one by one, no skipping 🙈

  • adap — pointer to struct dvb_adapter. it's the thing you're registering, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • name — the adapter's name. what it's called. its little name tag 🏷️
  • module — you initialize this with THIS_MODULE at the caller. yes, exactly that, at the caller 💜
  • device — pointer to struct device that corresponds to the device driver. it's the driver's device buddy 🫶
  • adapter_nums — an array with a list of the numbers for dvb_register_adapter; you use it to select among them. typically it's initialized with:
DVB_DEFINE_MOD_OPT_ADAPTER_NR(adapter_nums)

so yeah, that macro, right there, that's the typical setup. slay ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go read these next:

ok that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅 go register some adapters responsibly 🔥

source: ./include/media · date: October 2026 · that's the tea, mwah 💖🎀

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