Method
FwupdPluginBackendcreate_device
since: 2.0.0
Declaration [src]
FuDevice*
fu_backend_create_device (
  FuBackend* self,
  const gchar* backend_id,
  GError** error
)
Description [src]
Asks the backend to create a device (of the correct type) for a given device backend ID.
Available since: 2.0.0
Parameters
- backend_id
- 
            Type: const gchar*A backend ID, typically a sysfs path. The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. 
- 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 aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby 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. |