match_pci_device(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, welcome to match_pci_device(9) — the kernel helper that matches a pci device against a given hardware path entry. That’s literally the whole main-character job. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int match_pci_device (struct device *dev , int index , struct
       hardware_path *modpath );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the generic device, and yes, it’s known to be contained by a pci_dev. 🫶
• index — the current BC index.
• modpath — the hardware path.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns true if the device matches the hardware path. That’s the verdict, periodt. ✅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./arch/parisc/kernel/drivers.c is the spot, and you should also go peek at:

• for_each_padev(9)
• match_device(9)
• register_parisc_driver(9)
• count_parisc_driver(9)
• unregister_parisc_driver(9)
• find_pa_parent_type(9)
• print_pa_hwpath(9)
• get_pci_node_path(9)
• print_pci_hwpath(9)
• alloc_tree_node(9)
• register_parisc_device(9)
• match_parisc_device(9)
• parse_tree_node(9)
• hwpath_to_device(9)
• device_to_hwpath(9)
• walk_native_bus(9)
• walk_central_bus(9)
• init_parisc_bus(9)
• print_parisc_devices(9)

Signing off from ./arch/parisc/kernel, October 2026, with all the match_pci_device(9) energy 💖✨🎀