eeh_pe_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 eeh_pe_alloc — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so this is eeh_pe_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little one but she's doing her job. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

eeh_pe_alloc — allocate a PE. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct eeh_pe * eeh_pe_alloc (struct pci_controller *phb , int type );

like, she takes two things and hands you back a struct eeh_pe *. slay 💅

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • phb — the PCI controller. your main character hardware, basically 👑
  • type — the PE type. which flavour of PE you're asking for 🍓

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

allocates a PE instance dynamically. no cap, that's literally what it does — she spins one up at runtime for you, whenever you need one ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where she name-drops her whole friend group, and there are so many of them, but they're all iconic so we're listing every single one 🫶

kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c, plus:

bestie this one's short but she ate. allocate responsibly 💀

and that's the whole page, mwah 💜 — this lil number lives over in ./arch/powerpc/kernel, dated October 2026, manual name Kernel API Manual, entry eeh_pe_alloc(9). see you in the group chat 😭💖

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