extcon_alloc_groups(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 extcon_alloc_groups — like, the whole kernel API manual vibe

okay so bestie, welcome to extcon_alloc_groups(9) — yes that manual name is part of the assignment, we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and this little function is out here doing exactly one job and honestly? iconic behavior.

🌸 NAME 🌸

extcon_alloc_groups — alloc the groups for extcon device

like. that's it. that's the whole name. it allocates the groups for your extcon device. no notes. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int extcon_alloc_groups (struct extcon_dev *edev );

look at her. returns an int, takes one pointer, doesn't overcomplicate things. main character energy fr fr. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • edev — extcon device. that's the extcon device you're handing over. your device. the one that needs its groups allocated. her. 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns 0 if success or error number if fail.

that's literally the whole description bestie and it ate: 0 = we slayed, anything else = an error number came through and it's giving "something went wrong" 😭. no cap, that's all it says, so that's all we're claiming. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the group chat, in order, everybody's here and everybody matters:

twenty of them. twenty besties. a whole friend group of extcon functions and honestly we're obsessed 🌈⭐

okay that's the page!! cute little sign-off time: this one lives over in ./drivers/extcon, it's dated October 2026, and yep, it's still extcon_alloc_groups(9) at the bottom too because consistency is beautiful. bye bestie, go allocate those groups 💜🌸🧚

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