dev_set_name(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is dev_set_name(9), straight from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 — and it does exactly what it says on the tin: set a device name. Literally the assignment. No cap.

📝 SYNOPSIS 📝

the signature is exactly this, bestie:

int dev_set_name (struct device *dev , const char *fmt , ... );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

  • dev — the device. The actual device whose name is getting set, main character energy 💅
  • fmt — format string for the device's name. It's giving "here's the shape of the name" ✨
  • ... — variable arguments. The extra lil' arguments, periodt.

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

Kernel file: ./drivers/base/core.c — and the whole linked friend group is absolutely stacked:

that's the whole page, mwah 💖 source is ./drivers/base, date is October 2026, page is dev_set_name(9) — byeeee 💅✨🫶

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