led_classde...register_ext(9)
β¨ led_classdev_flash_register_ext β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual π
this one is led_classdev_flash_register_ext(9) and it's genuinely the glow-up moment for your flash LED β it registers a brand new object of the LED class, with init data, AND with support for flash LEDs π₯ like it's not just a lil LED, it's a flash LED, she has range.
πΈ NAME πΈ
led_classdev_flash_register_ext β register a new object of the LED class with init data, and with support for flash LEDs π
π SYNOPSIS π
int led_classdev_flash_register_ext (struct device *parent , struct
led_classdev_flash *fled_cdev , struct led_init_data *init_data );
three args, one int, and a whole lot of LED potential β¨
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
parentβ the LED flash controller device that this flash LED is driven by π«Ά like, who's her parent, who's she attached to, that's this one.fled_cdevβ theled_classdev_flashstructure for this device π« this is the main character, the struct that is the flash LED.init_dataβ the LED class flash device initialization data πΈ all the setup tea that goes in at the start.
β RETURN β
0 on success, or a negative error value on failure π ngl a negative return here is your vibe check failing, so check it fr fr.
no cap: read the return value. 0 = slay. negative = something's wrong, go fix it before you ship it π
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./include/linux/led-class-flash.hβ literally the header, go read it, iykyk π led_classdev_flash_unregister(9)led_set_flash_strobe(9)led_get_flash_strobe(9)led_set_flash_brightness(9)led_update_flash_brightness(9)led_set_flash_timeout(9)led_get_flash_fault(9)led_set_flash_duration(9)
and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that π
the source for all this lives in ./include/linux, this edition is dated October 2026, and it's all from the Kernel API Manual β mwah, go register some flash LEDs, you've got this ππβ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms