uacce_register(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’« uacce_register(9) πŸ’«

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function called uacce_register and honestly? it's giving "handing your accelerator its passport so user space can meet it" πŸ›‚πŸ¦‹


🌸 NAME 🌸

uacce_register β€” add the accelerator to cdev and export to user space πŸ’…

like, literally, it registers your accelerator into cdev so that user space can actually see it. main character energy fr fr πŸ‘‘


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int uacce_register (struct uacce_device *uacce );

that's it, that's the whole vibe. one argument, returns an int πŸŽ€


🫢 ARGUMENTS 🫢

  • uacce β€” the initialized uacce device 🌈 note the initialized part, bestie β€” you gotta hand it a device that's already been set up, no cap

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

so here's the whole deal: it returns 0 if the register succeeded πŸŽ‰ or an error 😭 that's the contract. slay, straightforward, we love a function that tells you how it went.

ngl, no hidden lore here β€” success is 0, anything else is an error. periodt πŸ’€

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

  • the kernel file ./drivers/misc/uacce/uacce.c πŸ‘€
  • uacce_alloc(9) β€” the "make the device first" one 🧚
  • uacce_remove(9) β€” the "okay we're done here" one πŸŽ€

and that's the whole page, bestie!! πŸ“ this lil gem lives in ./drivers/misc/uacce and it's dated October 2026 β€” iconic of her honestly πŸ’œπŸ’« go register something and slay πŸ’…

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