device_is_compatible(9)

✨ device_is_compatible(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this page is literally the blueprint for device_is_compatible. stay with me, it's a short one and it's giving very useful 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

device_is_compatible — matches the 'compatible' property of the device against a string you hand it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool device_is_compatible (const struct device *dev , const char *compat );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — pointer to the struct device. yep, the device you're checking 🌈
• compat — the string to match the 'compatible' property with. this is the thing you're comparing against, no cap ✨

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👑 RETURN 👑

true if it matches, otherwise false. that's it, that's the tea 🍓 simple, iconic, done.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so there's more lore here, all inside the Kernel file ./include/linux/property.h:

• device_is_big_endian(9)
• fwnode_handle_put(9)
• struct software_node_ref_args(9)
• struct property_entry(9)
• struct software_node(9)

go read those next, iykyk 🧚💜

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so yeah, that's the page 💀 short, sweet, and honestly kind of a serve. go match some properties, bestie 🫶

this one shipped from ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — catch you on the next page, mwah 🎀💖