device_add_software_node(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the device_add_software_node(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💅✨

device_add_software_node — assign a software node to a device 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int device_add_software_node (struct device *dev , const struct
       software_node *node );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the device the software node is meant for. literally the target device, no cap 🎯
• node — the software node. the node itself, periodt 🦋

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Okay so this function makes node the secondary firmware node pointer of dev ✨. If dev has no primary node, then node will become the primary node 👑. The function will register node automatically if it wasn't already registered 🫶. That's the whole vibe — it hooks the node up for you, iykyk 💅.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/base/swnode.c 📁
• property_entries_dup(9)
• property_entries_free(9)
• software_node_find_by_name(9)
• software_node_register_node_group(9)
• software_node_unregister_node_group(9)
• software_node_register(9)
• software_node_unregister(9)
• device_remove_software_node(9)
• device_create_managed_software_node(9)

mwah 💖 source/version: ./drivers/base · date: October 2026 · page: device_add_software_node(9) — slay, bestie, and may your firmware nodes be iconic 🌈⭐