nfc_dev_up(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this page is nfc_dev_up(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s here to explain nfc_dev_up — literally turn on the NFC device 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here’s the signature, character for character, periodt:

int nfc_dev_up (struct nfc_dev *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the nfc device to be turned on 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the device stays up — like, remains up — until the nfc_dev_down function is called. that’s the whole vibe: on until nfc_dev_down says otherwise 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, go peek at these if you want the full NFC lore 👀:

• the kernel file ./net/nfc/core.c 🧚
• nfc_fw_download_done(9)
• nfc_dev_down(9)
• nfc_start_poll(9)
• nfc_stop_poll(9)
• nfc_activate_target(9)
• nfc_deactivate_target(9)
• nfc_data_exchange(9)
• nfc_alloc_send_skb(9)
• nfc_alloc_recv_skb(9)
• nfc_targets_found(9)
• nfc_target_lost(9)
• nfc_allocate_device(9)
• nfc_register_device(9)
• nfc_unregister_rfkill(9)
• nfc_remove_device(9)
• nfc_unregister_device(9)

okay that’s the page, bestie 🫶 source path ./net/nfc, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual, page nfc_dev_up(9) — no cap, that’s the whole footer vibe 💜✨