ssam_device_set_drvdata(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ssam_device_set_drvdata — the Kernel API Manual page bestie, let's GO

okay so real talk, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the function we're hyping up is ssam_device_set_drvdata. That's the whole name. It's giving "short and sweet and does exactly one thing" energy and honestly? iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ssam_device_set_drvdata — Set driver-data of SSAM client device. That's it. That's the job. She's a setter, she sets, she slays. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ssam_device_set_drvdata (struct ssam_device *sdev , void *data );

look at her. returns void — no notes, no drama, no "did it work?" follow-up questions. she just does it. periodt. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • sdev — The device to set the driver-data of. Like, this is the SSAM client device you're attaching stuff to, bestie. She's the main character here. 👑
  • data — The data to set the device's driver-data pointer to. you hand her a void * and she points the driver-data at it, no questions asked. it's just a pointer handoff, lowkey the simplest kind of transaction fr fr. 🫶
ngl this page is tiny, which is honestly a flex. sometimes a function is just one clean job and that's the vibe check passed. 🧚

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

this is the part where the manpage goes full group-chat-adds-everyone energy, and we love her for it. buckle up. 💖

Kernel file ./include/linux/surface_aggregator/device.h enum — then the whole squad:

like, every single one of them. no gatekeeping in this house. 💜

also lowkey important: ssam_device_get_drvdata(9) is right there in the list — that's the getter to this setter, her other half, the matching set. iykyk. 🦋

🌈 signed, sealed, delivered 🌈

this page lives at ./include/linux/surface_aggreg... (yes the path gets cut off, that's just how the footer rolls, don't @ me 😭), it's dated October 2026, and it answers to the name ssam_device_set_drvdata(9). and that's the whole manpage, bestie — short, sweet, and literally perfect for what it is. mwah. 💖✨🎀

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