Method

FwupdPluginBackendcreate_device_for_donor

since: 2.0.0

Declaration [src]

FuDevice*
fu_backend_create_device_for_donor (
  FuBackend* self,
  FuDevice* donor,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Asks the backend to create a device (of the correct type) for a given donor device.

Available since: 2.0.0

Parameters

donor

Type: FuDevice

A donor FuDevice.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: FuDevice

A FuDevice or NULL if not found or unimplemented.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.