fwnode_name_eq(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 fwnode_name_eq — the fwnode_name_eq(9) glow-up 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for fwnode_name_eq(9) — it's short, it's sweet, it's a little bool-flavored icon and honestly? we're obsessed 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fwnode_name_eq — returns true if a node's name is equal (yes that's literally the whole job, and it does it slayfully 💖)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool fwnode_name_eq (const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode , const char
       *name );

that's the whole signature, no cap ⭐

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • fwnode — the firmware node bestie, the one we're inspecting 👀
  • name — the name you wanna compare against that node's name, fr fr

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what it does: it takes the name you passed in and compares it to the actual name of the node. The comparison stops at either the NUL or the '' character — whichever one shows up first 💀

little heads up: the page literally renders that second stop-character as '' (empty quotes), so that's exactly how we're quoting it. iykyk 🙈

This function is generally used for comparing node names while ignoring the possible unit address of the node — that's the whole point, gorgeous ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

true if the node name matches the name you handed it in the name argument, and false otherwise. binary. decisive. main character energy periodt 👑

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/base/property.c — and ok this list is long, but we don't skip entries in this house, so buckle up buttercup 💜

and that's the page bb 💅 signed off from ./drivers/base, dated October 2026 — go forth and compare those node names, you absolute icon 🌈💖

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