nci_allocate_device(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 nci_allocate_device(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the nci_allocate_device(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it’s giving “tiny function, very important NFC device allocation energy” ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

nci_allocate_device — allocate a new nci device 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct nci_dev * nci_allocate_device (const struct nci_ops *ops , __u32 supported_protocols , int tx_headroom , int tx_tailroom );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ops — device operations 🫶
  • supported_protocols — NFC protocols supported by the device 🌈
  • tx_headroom — Reserved space at beginning of skb 🎀
  • tx_tailroom — Reserved space at end of skb 🌸

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay bestie, the kernel file is ./net/nfc/nci/core.c, and these are the linked pages you’ll wanna peek at too 👀💖

mwah 💋 this iconic little page comes from ./net/nfc/nci, dated October 2026 — nci_allocate_device(9) said periodt 👑

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