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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SPI_NEW_DEVICE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Serial Peripheral Interface (S"
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.SH "NAME"
spi_new_device \- instantiate one new SPI device
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ spi_device\ *\ spi_new_device('u
.BI "struct spi_device * spi_new_device(struct\ spi_master\ *\ " "master" ", struct\ spi_board_info\ *\ " "chip" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fImaster\fR
.RS 4
Controller to which device is connected
.RE
.PP
\fIchip\fR
.RS 4
Describes the SPI device
.RE
.SH "CONTEXT"
.PP
can sleep
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
On typical mainboards, this is purely internal; and it\*(Aqs not needed after board init creates the hard\-wired devices\&. Some development platforms may not be able to use spi_register_board_info though, and this is exported so that for example a USB or parport based adapter driver could add devices (which it would learn about out\-of\-band)\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
the new device, or NULL\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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