early_init_d...k_for_initrd(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the early_init_d...k_for_initrd(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖 and the function is literally early_init_dt_check_for_initrd — its whole vibe is to decode the initrd location from the flat tree. no cap, that’s the assignment ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void early_init_dt_check_for_initrd (unsigned long node );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• node — a reference to the node containing the initrd location. That’s the 'chosen' node, periodt 👑.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file ./drivers/of/fdt.c is the home base 🏠, and these are the iconique neighbors, fr fr:

• unflatten_dt_nodes(9)
• __unflatten_device_tree(9)
• of_fdt_unflatten_tree(9)
• early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(9)
• early_init_fdt_reserve_self(9)
• of_scan_flat_dt(9)
• of_scan_flat_dt_subnodes(9)
• of_get_flat_dt_subnode_by_name(9)
• of_fdt_is_compatible(9)
• of_flat_dt_is_compatible(9)
• of_flat_dt_match_machine(9)
• early_init_dt_check_for_elfcorehdr(9)
• early_init_dt_check_for_usable_mem_range(9)
• early_init_dt_check_kho(9)
• unflatten_device_tree(9)
• unflatten_and_copy_device_tree(9)

mwah 💋 sign-off time: this page lives in ./drivers/of, it’s dated October 2026, and it’s the early_init_d...k_for_initrd(9) page. slay 🫶