platform_de...egister_full(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… platform_de...egister_full(9) πŸ’…

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie β€” the truncated-name girlies will recognise her πŸŽ€ (platform_de...egister_full, yes the name is literally abbreviated with dots, that's her whole thing, no cap).


✨ NAME ✨

platform_device_register_full β€” add a platform-level device with resources and platform-specific data 🫢


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct platform_device * platform_device_register_full (const struct
platform_device_info *pdevinfo );

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πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • pdevinfo β€” the data used to create the device. that's it, that's the entire argument, she's lowkey minimal πŸ’…

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so here's the tea β˜• β€” this function returns a struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR on error. that's literally it. no cap, no extra lore, that's the whole description. check your return value before you dereference it, bestie, ERR_PTR will absolutely ruin your day πŸ˜­πŸ’€


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

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Kernel file ./drivers/base/platform.c:

like, thirty-two whole references, she's connected 🌈


ngl bestie, if you got this far you should probably go read the actual source at ./drivers/base/platform.c β€” it's giving main character energy and it's right there 🌸

and that's the page!! πŸŽ€ brought to you by ./drivers/base, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual β€” mwah, slay, go write some device drivers, ily πŸ’œπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ

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