module_auxiliary_driver(9)

💅 module_auxiliary_driver — the Kernel API Manual era 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for module_auxiliary_driver, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ lowkey iconic, highkey useful. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

module_auxiliary_driver — the helper macro that handles registering an auxiliary driver for you 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

module_auxiliary_driver (__auxiliary_driver );

no cap, that's the whole thing. that's the vibe 🌈

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• __auxiliary_driver — the auxiliary driver struct 💫 literally just hand it your driver struct and you're done, slay.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this is the helper macro for auxiliary drivers that do not do anything special in module init/exit. none of that extra credit homework energy, just vibes ✨

the way it eliminates a lot of boilerplate?? honestly obsessed 😭 you don't have to hand-write all that setup noise, the macro ate and left no crumbs 💅

🚨 the rules, bestie, listen up 🚨 each module may only use this macro once. that's it. one time. and calling it replaces module_init and module_exit — so don't go doubling up, iykyk 💀

and here's how it looks in the wild:

module_auxiliary_driver(my_drv);

main character macro energy, fr fr 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/auxiliary_bus.h 📁
• DEVICE_LIFESPAN(9) 🕰️
• struct auxiliary_device(9) 🧚
• struct auxiliary_driver(9) 🌟

go read those next, they're giving required reading 💖

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and that's the page!! 🦋 brought to you by ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and yes it's module_auxiliary_driver(9) — mwah, periodt 💋🌸