STRUCT SLIM_DEVICE(9)

💖 struct slim_device(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you're looking at struct slim_device, from the Kernel API Manual. it's the SLIMbus device handle, and honestly? she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct slim_device — the Slim device handle 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct slim_device {
    struct device           dev;
    struct slim_eaddr       e_addr;
    struct slim_controller  *ctrl;
    enum slim_device_status status;
    u8 laddr;
    bool is_laddr_valid;
    struct list_head        stream_list;
    spinlock_t stream_list_lock;
 };

like, look at her. eight members. all main character energy. 👑

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🎀 Members 🎀

• dev — the driver model representation of the device 🫶
• e_addr — the enumeration address of this device ⭐
• ctrl — the slim controller instance 💜
• status — the slim device status 🔥
• laddr — 1-byte Logical address of this device 📍
• is_laddr_valid — tells you whether the laddr is valid or not (vibe check on the address, basically) ✅
• stream_list — the list of streams on this device 🌊
• stream_list_lock — the lock that protects the stream list 🔒 (do NOT skip her, she's doing important work)

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✨ Description ✨

so here's the tea 🍓 — this is the client/device handle you get back when a SLIMbus device gets registered with a controller. client-drivers use a pointer to this structure as their handle. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💖

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./include/linux/slimbus.h
• struct slim_eaddr(9)
• enum slim_device_status(9)
• struct slim_driver(9)
• struct slim_val_inf(9)
• struct slim_stream_config(9)
• module_slim_driver(9)

iykyk — go read those next, bestie 📚💅

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ngl this one's short but she ate. go forth and slay your SLIMbus driver 🧚‍♀️

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🌈 that's the whole page! it lives in ./include/linux, this printout is from October 2026, and the manual page is struct slim_device(9) — mwah, bye bestie! 💜🎀