fpga_bridge_get_to_list(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fpga_bridge_get_to_list(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so real talk, this one lives in the kernel's FPGA bridge corner and it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fpga_bridge_get_to_list — you give it a device, it grabs you a bridge, and then it adds that bridge to a list. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int fpga_bridge_get_to_list (struct device *dev , struct fpga_image_info
*info , struct list_head *bridge_list );

three args, one int coming back at you. cute, contained, does what it says 🎀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • dev — the FPGA bridge device itself. this is the main character of the function, the thing you're actually trying to get your hands on 👑
  • info — the fpga image specific information. yes it's literally named "info", she's not mysterious, she's just carrying the image details 🐛
  • bridge_list — a list of FPGA bridges. this is where the bridge you grab ends up living 🪺

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what actually happens? you get an exclusive reference to the bridge, and then it gets added to the list — like, it's now in bridge_list, sitting pretty 🌈

exclusive reference means exclusive, bestie. somebody's holding that bridge and it's you. handle it responsibly or the kernel will simply be unwell 😭

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — slay, success, we ate 💅
  • anything else — that's an error code straight from fpga_bridge_get. so like, if the underlying get is unhappy, this function just passes the bad news along. not her drama, she's relaying it fr fr

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

kernel file ./drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c — and the whole friend group:

and that's the page, bestie 🧚💜 this lil beauty ships out of ./drivers/fpga, dated October 2026 — go forth and get those bridges on that list, iykyk ⭐

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