of_machine_is_compatible(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay so bestie, this is the manual for of_machine_is_compatible(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's literally the vibe check for the root of the device tree, testing it for a given compatible value. No cap. 🦋

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool of_machine_is_compatible (const char *compat );

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• compat — the compatible string to look for in the root node's compatible property. That's the whole assignment, bestie. 💅

💖 RETURN 💖

It returns true if the root node has the given value in its compatible property. That's it, that's the tea. 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go be nosy, bestie — here's the whole squad 👑

• Kernel file: ./include/linux/of.h
• of_node_init(9)
• of_parse_phandle(9)
• of_parse_phandle_with_args(9)
• of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args(9)
• of_parse_phandle_with_optional_args(9)
• of_phandle_args_equal(9)
• of_property_count_u8_elems(9)
• of_property_count_u16_elems(9)
• of_property_count_u32_elems(9)
• of_property_count_u64_elems(9)
• of_property_read_string_array(9)
• of_property_count_strings(9)
• of_property_read_string_index(9)
• of_property_present(9)
• of_property_read_u8_array(9)
• of_property_read_u16_array(9)
• of_property_read_u32_array(9)
• of_property_read_u64_array(9)
• struct of_changeset_entry(9)
• struct of_changeset(9)
• of_device_is_system_power_controller(9)
• of_have_populated_dt(9)

Bye bestie 🫶 — this page lives at ./include/linux, is stamped October 2026, and it's all about of_machine_is_compatible(9) ✨