of_match_device(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

of_match_device — tell if a struct device matches an of_device_id list. This is of_match_device(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "do you support this device, bestie?" check. 💅✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

const struct of_device_id * of_match_device (const struct of_device_id
*matches , const struct device *dev );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• matches — array of of_device_id match structures to search in. Like the guest list, but for devices. 📋
• dev — the OF device structure to match against. The device walking up to the velvet rope. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture a driver checking whether a platform_device that's present in the system is in its list of supported devices. That's the whole gig. It's a support-list vibe check, no cap. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/of/device.c
• of_dma_configure_id(9)
• of_device_modalias(9)
• of_device_uevent(9)
• of_device_make_bus_id(9)

That's the page, bestie! Source/version: ./drivers/of · Date: October 2026 · Page: of_match_device(9). Stay slay and keep matching those devices 💜🎀