of_scan_pci_bridge(9)

🎀 of_scan_pci_bridge(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for of_scan_pci_bridge, and it's short, recursive, and iconic ✨ we're gonna get you comfy with it 💖

✨ NAME ✨

of_scan_pci_bridge — set up a PCI bridge and scan for child nodes 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void of_scan_pci_bridge (struct pci_dev *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the pci_dev structure for the bridge. that's your main character right there 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: of_scan_bus calls this routine for each PCI bridge that it finds 🔥 and this routine, in turn, calls of_scan_bus recursively to scan for more child devices. it's giving "go find your friends" energy, fr fr — recursion bestie, no cap 😭✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_of_scan.c

and the whole squad is:

• get_int_prop(9)
• of_pci_parse_addrs(9)
• of_create_pci_dev(9)
• __of_scan_bus(9)
• of_scan_bus(9)
• of_rescan_bus(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./arch/powerpc/kernel, dated October 2026, and it's the of_scan_pci_bridge(9) manual page — periodt 💜