to_video_device(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to to_video_device(9) — the Kernel API Manual page that's about to make a very specific kernel thing make sense ✨🫶

💖 NAME 💖

to_video_device — returns a &struct video_device from the &struct device embedded on it. That's the whole description, and honestly? Iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

to_video_device (cd );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cd — a pointer to struct device 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./include/media/v4l2-dev.h — and these are all the linked references, every single one, because we do not leave the group chat on read 💖:

• enum vfl_devnode_type(9)
• enum vfl_devnode_direction(9)
• enum v4l2_video_device_flags(9)
• struct v4l2_prio_state(9)
• v4l2_prio_init(9)
• v4l2_prio_change(9)
• v4l2_prio_open(9)
• v4l2_prio_close(9)
• v4l2_prio_max(9)
• v4l2_prio_check(9)
• struct v4l2_file_operations(9)
• struct video_device(9)
• media_entity_to_video_device(9)
• __video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device(9)
• video_register_device_no_warn(9)
• video_unregister_device(9)
• video_device_alloc(9)
• video_device_release(9)
• video_device_release_empty(9)
• v4l2_disable_ioctl(9)
• video_get_drvdata(9)
• video_set_drvdata(9)
• video_devdata(9)
• video_drvdata(9)
• video_device_node_name(9)
• video_is_registered(9)
• v4l2_debugfs_root(9)
• video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• __video_device_pipeline_stop(9)
• video_device_pipeline_alloc_start(9)
• video_device_pipeline(9)

that's the page, bestie 💖 the source/version is ./include/media, it's stamped October 2026, and the manual tag is to_video_device(9) — slay and goodbye 🌈🎀