STRUCT FAUX_DEVICE(9)

🎀 struct faux_device(9) — Kernel API Manual 🎀

hey bestie 💖 welcome to the struct faux_device(9) page, aka the Kernel API Manual’s little corner for a “faux” device. it’s giving very specific, very useful, and honestly kinda iconic ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct faux_device — a “faux” device 💅

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

struct faux_device {
    struct device dev;
};

✨ Members ✨

• dev — internal struct device of the object. that’s the member, bestie, no cap 🫶

💖 Description 💖

A simple faux device that can be created/destroyed. reach for it when a driver only needs to have a device to “hang” something off — like, that’s the whole assignment. it can be used for downloading firmware or other basic tasks. use this instead of a struct platform_device if the device has no resources assigned to it at all. periodt. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/device/faux.h
• struct faux_device_ops(9)

later, bestie 💋 this page comes from source/version ./include/linux/device and is dated October 2026 — struct faux_device(9) out 🎀✨