acpi_dev_get_property(9)

🎀 acpi_dev_get_property(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for acpi_dev_get_property(9) — yes, the kernel-doc cutie is here to explain itself, and it's lowkey iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

acpi_dev_get_property — returns an ACPI property that has the name you give it. that's the whole name-section vibe, no cap. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here's the exact signature, character for character, bestie:

int acpi_dev_get_property (const struct acpi_device *adev , const char
*name , acpi_object_type type , const union acpi_object **obj );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• adev — the ACPI device you're getting the property from, bestie. 🫶
• name — the name of the property. literally the name. ✨
• type — the expected property type — like, what type you're expecting the property to be. 👀
• obj — where to store the property value (if it's not NULL). that caveat is important, fr fr. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the Kernel file is ./drivers/acpi/property.c, and these related pages are giving linked-list energy — go peek, iykyk:

• acpi_data_get_property(9)
• acpi_node_prop_get(9)
• acpi_data_get_property_array(9)
• __acpi_node_get_property_reference(9)
• acpi_node_prop_read(9)
• acpi_node_get_parent(9)
• acpi_graph_get_next_endpoint(9)
• acpi_graph_get_child_prop_value(9)
• acpi_graph_get_remote_endpoint(9)

mwah 💋✨ footer tea: source ./drivers/acpi, date October 2026, and this is literally the acpi_dev_get_property(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — go be iconic, bestie 🫶💜