platform_fin...ce_by_driver(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 platform_fin...ce_by_driver(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay so bestie, this is a Kernel API Manual page and honestly? it's a short one, so we're gonna get through it together, no cap ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

platform_find_device_by_driver — literally just go find a platform device that belongs to a given driver. that's the whole job, she's a seeker 🔍💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct device * platform_find_device_by_driver (struct device *start ,
       const struct device_driver *drv );

yep, that's the whole signature. returns a struct device *, takes a start pointer and a driver pointer. iconic, minimal, obsessed 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • start — the device you wanna start the search from. like, where the scavenger hunt begins, y'know? 🏁
  • drv — the device driver you're looking for. this is the one you want to match up with, main character energy fr fr 👑

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay so this is the part where the page just hands you the whole friend group 😭 and the kernel file it lives in: Kernel file ./drivers/base/platform.c — that's her home address bestie 🏡

and then the extended crew, in order, no skips, no cap:

like, that is a lot of friends and she is not leaving a single one out 💀 go read them if you want the full lore, iykyk 📚

ngl bestie, that's the whole page. tiny page, big energy. you got this 💪

source/version: ./drivers/base · dated October 2026 · page name platform_fin...ce_by_driver(9) — mwah, bye bestie, go find that device 🍓🧚💜

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