get_pinctrl_...from_devname(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ get_pinctrl_...from_devname(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little lookup baddie. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname — look up pin controller device 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct pinctrl_dev * get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname (const char *devname
);

like, yes, that's the whole signature. she's short and she knows it ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • devname — the name of a device instance, as returned by dev_name. that's it. that's the whole arg. give her a name and she'll go find the matching friend 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the vibe: this function looks up a pin control device that matches a certain device name or a pure device pointer. and bestie, listen — the pure device pointer takes precedence. no cap, that's the rule 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./drivers/pinctrl/core.c — that's where the magic lives, iykyk 💫

and the whole friend group, in order, no skips, no cuts:

fr fr that's forty-nine cross-references and every single one of them is iconic in her own way 💀

and that's the whole page!! she lives in ./drivers/pinctrl, this is the kernel docs situation, October 2026 energy, go forth and look up your pin controller devices bestie 💖✨🎀

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