of_platform_device_create(9)

💖 of_platform_device_create(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for of_platform_device_create(9) — yes bestie, that long name is real and it's lowkey iconic 🎀. here's the whole vibe check, no details skipped.

🌸 NAME 🌸

of_platform_device_create — Alloc, initialize and register an of_device. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct platform_device * of_platform_device_create (struct device_node
*np , const char *bus_id , struct device *parent );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• np — pointer to node to create device for. this is the node bestie.
• bus_id — name to assign device. yes, that exact name.
• parent — Linux device model parent device. your parent-device main character.

👑 RETURN 👑

Pointer to created platform device, or NULL if a device was not registered. Unavailable devices will not get registered. so if you get NULL, that's the “not registered” vibe — no cap. unavailable devices just won't get registered, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/of/platform.c — go read it bestie, iykyk. also these:

• of_find_device_by_node(9)
• of_device_alloc(9)
• of_platform_device_create_pdata(9)
• of_platform_bus_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 that's the tea 🍓: this page lives under source ./drivers/of, dated October 2026, and it's all about of_platform_device_create(9) 💜. mwah 💅