iio_get_acp...ame_and_data(9)

💖 iio_get_acpi_device_name_and_data(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're doing kernel API today and honestly? it's giving main character energy ✨ this one lives in the IIO subsystem and it's a little lookup helper, so let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

iio_get_acpi_device_name_and_data — literally just returns the ACPI device instance name and the driver data. that's the whole vibe, no cap 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

const char * iio_get_acpi_device_name_and_data (struct device *dev ,
const void **data );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the Device structure, iykyk 🎀
• data — an optional pointer that hands you back the driver data ⭐

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so picture this: your device got enumerated by ACPI ID matching (yes, that's a thing, slay) and now the user lowkey wants to set a description for the physical chip 🌈 in cases like that, the ACPI device instance name might be the move. this call exists so you can go retrieve that info — it's literally the whole point of the function 💜

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💀 NOTE 💀

⚠️ bestie listen to me: this helper function exists only for backward compatibility. do not use it in new code, fr fr 🙈 it's a legacy icon, not a blueprint 💅

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

the ACPI device instance name — or NULL. that's it, that's the return 😭

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/iio/industrialio-acpi.c 🍓
• iio_read_acpi_mount_matrix(9) ✨

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🫶 and for the credits bestie: this cutie comes from ./drivers/iio, dated October 2026 — periodt 💖🎀🦋