soc_device_register(9)

💅 soc_device_register(9) 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for soc_device_register(9), bestie 🫶 it's giving “register an SoC as a device,” and honestly? iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

soc_device_register — registers an SoC as a device 💖 no cap, that's the whole assignment, periodt.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the exact signature, character-for-character, because we do not mess with code in this house 🎀

struct soc_device * soc_device_register (struct soc_device_attribute *soc_plat_dev_attr );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• soc_plat_dev_attr — the attributes passed from platform to be attributed to a SoC 🫶

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• NULL if the SoC bus is not yet registered 🚫
• on success, the newly allocated struct soc_device pointer 👑
• on failure, a negative error code as an ERR_PTR 😭

bestie, the return values are literally the plot — read them before you start acting brand new 👀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/sys_soc.h 📁
• soc_device_unregister(9) 💜
• soc_device_to_device(9) 🦋
• soc_attr_read_machine(9) ⭐

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · title: soc_device_register(9) — mwah 💋