of_get_ibm_chip_id(9)

💖 of_get_ibm_chip_id(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for of_get_ibm_chip_id, bestie. This one is short and sweet: it's the lil helper that hands you a device's IBM "chip-id" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

of_get_ibm_chip_id — Returns the IBM "chip-id" of a device

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int of_get_ibm_chip_id (struct device_node *np );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• np — the device node of the device. That's the one being checked, okay? 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function looks for a property named "ibm,chip-id" in the node or in any of its parents. If it finds it, it returns the property's content. If it can't find it, it returns -1. That's literally it, iconic and no cap 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
• move_device_tree(9)
• cpu_to_chip_id(9)

🫶 that's the whole page, bestie — from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./arch/powerpc/kernel, dated October 2026. slay ✨