of_platform_bus_create(9)

💖 NAME 💖

hey bestie!! welcome to the of_platform_bus_create(9) page in the Kernel API Manual ✨ the official vibe is Create a device for a node and its children. — and that's the whole name, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the exact signature, copied with love and zero edits:

       int of_platform_bus_create (struct device_node *bus , const struct
       of_device_id *matches , const struct of_dev_auxdata *lookup , struct
       device *parent , bool strict );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bus — the device node of the bus to instantiate, bestie 🫶
• matches — the match table for bus nodes ✨
• lookup — the auxdata table for matching id and platform_data with device nodes 💜
• parent — the parent for the new device, or NULL for top level 🙈
• strict — require the compatible property 🔥

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so this one creates a platform_device for the device_node you give it 💖 and optionally it goes recursive and creates devices for all the child nodes too — like it's collecting the whole friend group, not just the main character 🌈✨

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

• Kernel file ./drivers/of/platform.c
• of_find_device_by_node(9)
• of_device_alloc(9)
• of_platform_device_create_pdata(9)
• of_platform_device_create(9)
• of_platform_bus_probe(9)
• of_platform_populate(9)
• of_platform_depopulate(9)
• devm_of_platform_populate(9)
• devm_of_platform_depopulate(9)

okay bye bestie!! this page lives in the kernel source tree at ./drivers/of, the version/date stamp is October 2026, and the manual page is of_platform_bus_create(9) 🫶💅✨