slim_get_device(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to slim_get_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 — this is the function that gets you a handle to a device, and that's literally the whole vibe. slim_get_device — get handle to a device. periodt ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct slim_device * slim_get_device (struct slim_controller *ctrl ,
struct slim_eaddr *e_addr );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ctrl — the controller on which this device is gonna be added or queried 🫶
• e_addr — the enumeration address of the device you're querying 🔍

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

It takes a reference to the embedded struct device, and bestie, that reference needs to be dropped after use. no cap.

🚨 important vibe check: do not forget to drop that reference after use. fr fr.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• if the device has already reported, you get a pointer to a device 👑
• if the device has not yet enumerated, it creates a new device and returns a pointer to it 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file: ./drivers/slimbus/core.c
• slim_unregister_controller(9)
• slim_report_absent(9)
• of_slim_get_device(9)
• slim_device_report_present(9)
• slim_get_logical_addr(9)

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mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/slimbus, date: October 2026, page: slim_get_device(9). bye bestie, go drop that reference 🫶🎀