hmcdrv_dev_init(9)

💅 hmcdrv_dev_init(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the hmcdrv_dev_init(9) page in the Kernel API Manual — we are literally in kernel land and it is giving iconic low-level energy 🎀✨

💖 NAME 💖

hmcdrv_dev_init — creates a HMC drive CD/DVD device 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hmcdrv_dev_init (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. that's it, bestie, nothing goes in 🙈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This function creates a HMC drive CD/DVD kernel device and an associated device under /dev, using a dynamically allocated major number. slay, it's making both the kernel-side device and the /dev-side friend happen, and the major number is allocated dynamically — periodt 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, else an error code.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/s390/char/hmcdrv_dev.c
• hmcdrv_dev_exit(9)

mwah 💋 this cute little page came from ./drivers/s390/char, dated October 2026 — and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🫶🌈