sdca_asoc_po...te_component(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sdca_asoc_populate_component — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so you found yourself in the 9 section of the Kernel API Manual, which means we're deep in kernel-land and honestly? iconic. today's main character is sdca_asoc_populate_component, and she's here to fill in a component driver for a Function. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

sdca_asoc_populate_component — fill in a component driver for a Function

like… literally what it says on the tin, bestie. it populates, it's a component driver, and the Function is the vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int sdca_asoc_populate_component (struct device *dev , struct
sdca_function_data *function , struct snd_soc_component_driver
*component_drv , struct snd_soc_dai_driver **dai_drv , int *num_dai_drv
, const struct snd_soc_dai_ops *ops );

six arguments. six. she's highkey thorough and honestly we stan a thorough queen. 👑

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • dev — Pointer to the device against which allocations will be done. so like, all the memory she grabs? it's going against this device. that's her whole allocation accountability partner. 🫶
  • function — Pointer to the Function information. yes that's the DisCo info she's working from. she reads it, she respects it.
  • component_drv — Pointer to the component driver to be populated. this is the glow-up target, the one getting filled in. 💅
  • dai_drv — Pointer to the DAI driver array to be allocated and populated. note the double pointer, bestie — she's allocating it for you. 😭
  • num_dai_drv — Pointer to integer that will be populated with the number of DAI drivers. so you know how many you got. counting is caring fr fr.
  • ops — DAI ops pointer that will be used for each DAI driver. one ops to rule them all, applied to every single DAI driver. ⭐

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function populates a snd_soc_component_driver structure based on the DisCo information for a particular SDCA Function. and the way she does it? she does all allocation internally. you don't lift a finger, she handles the mallocs, you just vibe. no cap, that's main character energy right there. 🌈

🎀 RETURN 🎀

Returns zero on success, and a negative error code on failure. so if you get 0, slay, you ate. if you get negative? that's a 😭 moment, check your error code. periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./sound/soc/sdca/sdca_asoc.c — go read the source, iykyk — plus her whole friend group:

💀 friendly reminder bestie: this lives in ./sound/soc/sdca, and if you're poking around in there, you're braver than me. go off tho. 🧚

and that's the whole page, babe 💜 — brought to you straight from the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026, living happily under ./sound/soc/sdca. catch you on the next one, sdca_asoc_po...te_component(9) out. 🍓✨

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