pci_epf_create(9)

💖 pci_epf_create(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual — this little cutie lives in the pci_epf_create(9) zone and honestly it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

pci_epf_create — create a new PCI EPF device 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct pci_epf * pci_epf_create (const char *name );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• name — the name of the PCI EPF device 💅 and like, this name is not just decorative, ok? it's literally what gets used to bind the EPF device to a EPF driver. so pick it with intention, bestie, it's main character energy for your device 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Invoke this one when you wanna create a brand-new PCI EPF device — all you gotta do is hand over the name of the function device and it'll do its thing 🫶

like yes, that's genuinely it. no cap. short function, iconic behaviour 💫

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c — go read it, iykyk 📖

and the whole friend group of related functions, all linked up and ready for a vibe check:

• pci_epf_unbind(9)
• pci_epf_bind(9)
• pci_epf_add_vepf(9)
• pci_epf_remove_vepf(9)
• pci_epf_free_space(9)
• pci_epf_alloc_space(9)
• pci_epf_assign_bar_space(9)
• pci_epf_unregister_driver(9)
• __pci_epf_register_driver(9)
• pci_epf_destroy(9)
• pci_epf_align_inbound_addr(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie, mwah 💋 — this one's stamped from ./drivers/pci/endpoint, dated October 2026, and it's pci_epf_create(9) forever and always 🎀💖✨