of_alias_scan(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay bestie, meet of_alias_scan — this page is of_alias_scan(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it scans all properties of the 'aliases' node. No cap, that's the whole name-section vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void of_alias_scan (void * (*dt_alloc)(u64 size, u64 align) );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dt_alloc — an allocator that provides a virtual address to memory for storing the resulting tree. It's giving “you bring the memory, the function brings the tree.” 🌳✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so the function scans all the properties of the 'aliases' node and populates the global lookup table with the properties. That's it, that's the tea ☕ — the aliases get scanned, the global lookup table gets populated, and the properties are the main character. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/of/base.c is right here, and the OF bestie squad is:

• of_find_all_nodes(9)
• __of_device_is_compatible(9)
• of_machine_compatible_match(9)
• of_machine_read_compatible(9)
• of_machine_read_model(9)
• of_machine_get_match(9)
• of_machine_get_match_data(9)
• __of_device_is_available(9)
• __of_device_is_reserved(9)
• of_device_is_available(9)
• __of_device_is_fail(9)
• of_device_is_big_endian(9)
• of_get_parent(9)
• of_get_next_parent(9)
• of_get_next_child(9)
• of_get_next_child_with_prefix(9)
• of_get_next_available_child(9)
• of_get_next_reserved_child(9)
• of_get_next_cpu_node(9)
• of_get_compatible_child(9)
• of_get_child_by_name(9)
• of_get_available_child_by_name(9)
• of_find_node_opts_by_path(9)
• of_find_node_by_name(9)
• of_find_node_by_type(9)
• of_find_compatible_node(9)
• of_find_node_with_property(9)
• of_match_node(9)
• of_find_matching_node_and_match(9)
• of_alias_from_compatible(9)
• of_find_node_by_phandle(9)
• of_parse_phandle_with_args_map(9)
• of_count_phandle_with_args(9)
• __of_add_property(9)
• of_add_property(9)
• of_remove_property(9)
• of_alias_get_id(9)
• of_alias_get_highest_id(9)
• of_console_check(9)
• of_find_next_cache_node(9)
• of_find_last_cache_level(9)
• of_map_id(9)
• of_map_iommu_id(9)
• of_map_msi_id(9)

mwah 💋 source/version corner: ./drivers/of; date stamp: October 2026; page name: of_alias_scan(9). bye bestie, go scan those aliases responsibly 🫶💜