snd_device_register(9)

💖 snd_device_register(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the page for snd_device_register, and it's giving “register the device” main character energy 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

snd_device_register — register the device 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int snd_device_register (struct snd_card *card , void *device_data );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• card — the card instance 💳✨
• device_data — the data pointer to register 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is where you register the device that was already created via snd_device_new 🌈 usually this is called from snd_card_register, but it can be called later if any new devices are created after invocation of snd_card_register 💖

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Zero if successful 😌 or a negative error code on failure or if the device not found 😭💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./sound/core/device.c — plus the related besties snd_device_new(9), snd_device_disconnect(9), and snd_device_free(9) 🫶✨

made with love from ./sound/core, October 2026, for the snd_device_register(9) manual 💅🎀