STRUCT INTEL_PINCTRL(9)

✨ struct intel_pinctrl(9) ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for struct intel_pinctrl, and bestie, it's the Intel pinctrl private structure — iykyk, this is the main character struct that holds the whole show together 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct intel_pinctrl — the Intel pinctrl private structure, no cap 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct intel_pinctrl {
    struct device *dev;
    raw_spinlock_t lock;
    struct pinctrl_desc pctldesc;
    struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
    struct gpio_chip chip;
    const struct intel_pinctrl_soc_data *soc;
    struct intel_community *communities;
    size_t ncommunities;
    struct intel_pinctrl_context context;
    int irq;
};

literally the whole squad right there ✨

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💖 Members 💖

okay so let's meet the members one by one, they all ate fr fr:

• dev — pointer to the device structure 👑
• lock — the lock that serializes register access, keeping everything from chaotic overlap 💀
• pctldesc — the pin controller description 🌸
• pctldev — pointer to the pin controller device ⭐
• chip — the GPIO chip chilling inside this pin controller 🎀
• soc — SoC/PCH specific pin configuration data, the personalized lil setup 🦋
• communities — all the communities in this pin controller, the whole group chat 🌈
• ncommunities — the number of communities in this pin controller, aka the headcount 🔥
• context — configuration saved over system sleep, nap-time memory 😴
• irq — the pinctrl/GPIO chip irq number 🙈

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.h struct intel_pingroup(9), struct intel_function(9), struct intel_padgroup(9), enum (anonymous)(9), struct intel_community(9), PIN_GROUP(9), struct intel_pinctrl_soc_data(9), struct intel_pinctrl_context(9)

like, go read those too, they're all iconic in their own way 💜

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ngl bestie, if you're poking at Intel pinctrl internals, this struct is your bestie now — treat her register access with respect (that's what lock is for 💅)

and that's the tea! this page lives at ./drivers/pinctrl/intel, dated October 2026, and it's struct intel_pinctrl(9) — slay, periodt 🎀✨🫶