nvmem_dev_name(9)

✨ nvmem_dev_name — the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual, page nvmem_dev_name(9), and honestly? this one is a little snack. short, sweet, does exactly one thing. main character energy fr fr 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nvmem_dev_name — get the name of a given nvmem device. that's it. that's the whole gig. no cap. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

const char * nvmem_dev_name (struct nvmem_device *nvmem );

like, look at her. one parameter, returns a const char *. she's neat, she's tidy, she's not doing too much. obsessed. ✨

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• nvmem — the nvmem device. yeah that's the whole argument list. you hand her an nvmem device and she'll tell you its name. simple as. 🫶

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👑 RETURN 👑

returns the name of the nvmem device. that's the return value. that's the tea. 🫖 literally just the name. 💜

ngl this page is so short it's giving "one-line function that somehow got its own manpage" and honestly? iconic. respect the hustle. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral, because the SEE ALSO list is enormous 😭 the kernel file is ./drivers/nvmem/core.c, and then there's the whole extended nvmem family reunion:

• nvmem_add_one_cell(9)
• nvmem_add_cells(9)
• nvmem_register_notifier(9)
• nvmem_unregister_notifier(9)
• nvmem_register(9)
• nvmem_unregister(9)
• devm_nvmem_register(9)
• of_nvmem_device_get(9)
• nvmem_device_get(9)
• nvmem_device_find(9)
• devm_nvmem_device_put(9)
• nvmem_device_put(9)
• devm_nvmem_device_get(9)
• of_nvmem_cell_get(9)
• nvmem_cell_get(9)
• devm_nvmem_cell_get(9)
• devm_nvmem_cell_put(9)
• nvmem_cell_put(9)
• nvmem_cell_read(9)
• nvmem_cell_write(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_u8(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_u16(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_u32(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_u64(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u32(9)
• nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u64(9)
• nvmem_device_cell_read(9)
• nvmem_device_cell_write(9)
• nvmem_device_read(9)
• nvmem_device_write(9)
• nvmem_add_cell_lookups(9)
• nvmem_del_cell_lookups(9)
• nvmem_dev_size(9)

like, that's a whole friend group right there. 💖 and yes, nvmem_dev_size(9) is the sibling of the function we're reading about — the way the nvmem subsystem has a whole squad of read/write/get/put helpers is lowkey impressive ngl. iykyk. 🌟

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kisses and good vibes, bestie 🧚 — this page lives in ./drivers/nvmem, and it was last touched back in October 2026. go forth and get those device names, you gorgeous kernel hacker, you 🔥👑