pnp_start_dev(9)

okay bestie, welcome to pnp_start_dev(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the page for the low-level start of the PnP device, and it's lowkey iconic in a very specific kernel way ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

pnp_start_dev — low-level start of the PnP device 💅

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

it's giving function signature, iykyk 🫶

int pnp_start_dev (struct pnp_dev *dev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — pointer to the desired device 🎯 yes bestie, the desired one.

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so pnp_start_dev is the low-level start of the PnP device, and the big assumption here is that resources have already been allocated 🚨 like, that's the vibe it's operating on. periodt. no extra lore, no hidden tricks — just that assumption, bestie 💅

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

Kernel file ./drivers/pnp/manager.c — plus the whole friend group:

• pnp_assign_resources(9)
• pnp_auto_config_dev(9)
• pnp_stop_dev(9)
• pnp_activate_dev(9)
• pnp_disable_dev(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/pnp · date: October 2026 · page: pnp_start_dev(9). bye bestie, go slay that PnP start 🫶✨