pinctrl_generic_add_group(9)

💖 pinctrl_generic_add_group(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the pinctrl_generic_add_group(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. it’s giving “add a new pin group” and honestly the vibes are immaculate 🦋

🎀 NAME 🎀

pinctrl_generic_add_group — adds a new pin group. periodt ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

       int pinctrl_generic_add_group (struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev , const char
       *name , const unsigned int *pins , int num_pins , void *data );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• pctldev — pin controller device. yes bestie, the pin controller device itself 👑
• name — name of the pin group. the group’s name, literally 🎀
• pins — pins in the pin group. the actual pins in the group 🔥
• num_pins — number of pins in the pin group. the count, no cap 💅
• data — pin controller driver specific data. driver-specific data for the pin controller 🌈

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

Note that the caller must take care of locking. 😭 bestie, locking is on the caller — you gotta take care of locking. fr fr, don’t forget 💅

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Kernel file ./drivers/pinctrl/core.c and the whole pinctrl friend group:

• pinctrl_provide_dummies(9)
• get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname(9)
• pin_get_from_name(9)
• pin_get_name(9)
• gpio_to_pin(9)
• pinctrl_match_gpio_range(9)
• pinctrl_ready_for_gpio_range(9)
• pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range(9)
• pinctrl_add_gpio_range(9)
• pinctrl_find_gpio_range_from_pin(9)
• pinctrl_remove_gpio_range(9)
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_count(9)
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_name(9)
• pinctrl_generic_get_group_pins(9)
• pinctrl_generic_get_group(9)
• pinctrl_generic_remove_group(9)
• pinctrl_generic_free_groups(9)
• pinctrl_get_group_selector(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_request(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_free(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_direction_input(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_direction_output(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_set_config(9)
• pinctrl_gpio_get_config(9)
• pinctrl_get(9)
• pinctrl_release(9)
• pinctrl_put(9)
• pinctrl_lookup_state(9)
• pinctrl_commit_state(9)
• pinctrl_select_state(9)
• devm_pinctrl_get(9)
• devm_pinctrl_put(9)
• pinctrl_register_mappings(9)
• pinctrl_unregister_mappings(9)
• devm_pinctrl_register_mappings(9)
• pinctrl_force_sleep(9)
• pinctrl_force_default(9)
• pinctrl_init_done(9)
• pinctrl_select_default_state(9)
• pinctrl_pm_select_default_state(9)
• pinctrl_pm_select_init_state(9)
• pinctrl_pm_select_sleep_state(9)
• pinctrl_pm_select_idle_state(9)
• pinctrl_init_controller(9)
• pinctrl_register(9)
• pinctrl_register_and_init(9)
• pinctrl_unregister(9)
• devm_pinctrl_register(9)
• devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(9)

and that’s the whole page, bestie 💖 it’s filed under ./drivers/pinctrl, dated October 2026, and it’s literally the pinctrl_generic_add_group(9) page. bye 🫶✨