bcm63xx_nvram_get_name(9)

💖 bcm63xx_nvram_get_name(9) 💖

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little cutie. one function, zero arguments, one tiny little gotcha. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bcm63xx_nvram_get_name — returns the board name according to nvram

like, it literally just tells you what the board's name is, as recorded in nvram. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 * bcm63xx_nvram_get_name (void );

that's it. that's the whole signature. u8 * coming back at you, void going in. no cap. 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. none. zero. not a single one. you just call it and it does its thing 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Returns the board name field from nvram. 📋

now here's the part you actually need to remember, bestie, so listen up 👑 — the returned board name might not be null terminated if it is exactly 16 bytes long. sixteen. exactly. that specific length. so if you're about to go printf("%s") on it or hand it to something that expects a proper C string, do a vibe check on the length first, because otherwise you're gonna read straight past the end and that's a whole mess 😭

⚠️ not null terminated when it's exactly 16 bytes — that's not a maybe, that's a condition, and it will absolutely catch you slipping if you ignore it. fr fr.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_nvram.h — go read the header, it's right there 🍓
• bcm63xx_nvram_init(9) — the setup bestie
• bcm63xx_nvram_get_mac_address(9) — the mac address sibling, iconic duo honestly 🌈

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and that's the page!! source path is ./arch/mips/include/asm/mach-b... (yes it's truncated in the footer, we don't make the rules 💀) and the date on this bad boy is October 2026 — so mark your calendar, mwah 💖✨🎀