rvt_register_device(9)

💅 rvt_register_device(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel has its own manual, we stay educated in this house 🎀 — and today's main character is rvt_register_device. Buckle up bestie, it's short but it matters. ✨

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🌸 NAME

rvt_register_device — register a driver 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS

int rvt_register_device (struct rvt_dev_info *rdi );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• rdi — the main dev structure for all of rdmavt operations. like, the whole vibe of your device lives in here 👑

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💖 DESCRIPTION

okay so here's the tea ☕: it is up to drivers to allocate the rdi and fill in the appropriate information. that's your job, not the function's. nobody's gonna do it for you, bestie. you allocate it, you fill it in, then you come here and register. periodt. 💅

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🔥 RETURN

0 on success, otherwise an errno. that's it. that's the whole return section. slay for being concise honestly ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c
• rvt_alloc_device(9)
• rvt_dealloc_device(9)
• rvt_query_port(9)
• rvt_modify_port(9)
• rvt_query_pkey(9)
• rvt_query_gid(9)
• rvt_alloc_ucontext(9)
• rvt_dealloc_ucontext(9)
• rvt_unregister_device(9)
• rvt_init_port(9)

like a whole friend group of functions, and yes they're all icons 👑 go read them, iykyk 🌸

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aaaand that's the page! this gem lives in ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt, dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, whatever you gotta do 🧚💜 bye bestie, go register that driver fr fr 🎀