input_get_new_minor(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to input_get_new_minor(9) — this one is straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “kernel internals but make it cute” energy ✨💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

input_get_new_minor — allocates a new input minor number 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int input_get_new_minor (int legacy_base , unsigned int legacy_num ,
       bool allow_dynamic );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

  • legacy_base — beginning of the legacy range to be searched 🔍
  • legacy_num — size of legacy range 📏
  • allow_dynamic — whether we can also take ID from the dynamic range 👀

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

This function allocates a new device minor from the input major namespace ✨. The caller can request a legacy minor by specifying legacy_base and legacy_num parameters, and can also specify whether an ID can be allocated from the dynamic range if there are no free IDs in the legacy range. That’s the whole vibe — legacy range first, dynamic range as the backup plan, no cap 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/input/input.c — yes, that’s the source-file reference, and then the whole input crew is here, iykyk:

okay that’s a wrap, bestie 🫶 — source/path: ./drivers/input, date: October 2026, page: input_get_new_minor(9). go forth and understand those minors, slay 💖✨

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